A chaplain with the NYPD was arrested after hiring a intercourse employee within the Bronx, in keeping with police.
Father Michael Eguino was arrested Friday morning and charged with soliciting prostitution, police stated. The 40-year-old was arrested lower than 20 minutes away from his church, on East Gun Hill Highway, sources instructed NBC New York.
Eguino was ordained a priest in 2015 and was appointed a chaplain within the NYPD in Aug. 2021, in accordance the unit’s web site. He’s a pastor on the Church of St.Anselm & St.Roch on Tinton Avenue within the Woodstock neighborhood, the NYPD chaplain unit’s web page acknowledged, and was a non secular director for the division’s Manhattan, Bronx, and Staten Island Holy Title Society.
Eguino was issued a desk look ticket and should seem earlier than a decide in a Bronx courthouse, legislation enforcement sources stated.
The priest didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark, nor did the Archdiocese of New York.
NYPD chaplains present non secular and emotional assist to officers and their households and likewise assist conduct spiritual ceremonies like funerals and memorial companies.
