Cleveland Priest Charged with Soliciting

CLEVELAND (OH)
Fox 8

October 12, 2013, by Monica Volante

CLEVELAND — A Cleveland priest arrested Friday afternoon, accused of soliciting sex at Edgewater Beach, was released Saturday, according to officials with the Cleveland Municipal Court.

Rev. James McGonegal, a priest at St. Ignatius of Antioch Church on Lorain Ave. in Cleveland, was arrested after he allegedly signaled over a man to his car and offered him $50 for oral sex, according to Cleveland Metroparks Rangers.

That man turned out to be a ranger in plain clothes.

Following his arrest, McGonegal admitted to authorities that he is HIV positive.

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