MASSACHUSETTS
Patriot-Ledger
LOWELL —
A high-ranking priest with with long ties to the South Shore was arrested after police allegedly found him with a prostitute behind a Lowell cemetery.
Authorities say Msgr. Arthur Coyle, a native of Weymouth, was granted $500 bail after pleading not guilty Monday in Lowell to sexual conduct for a fee.
Police say he was arrested just after 5 p.m. Sunday.
Msgr. Coyle, 62, is the Episcopal Vicar for the Merrimack Region, meaning he oversees several parishes in the area. He lives at the rectory of St. Rita’s parish in Lowell.
A call to St. Rita’s was referred to the archdiocese. An archdiocese spokesman did not immedia
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