Pastor Ronald Fails of Grace Church Worldwide Arrested In Prostitution Sting [UPDATE]
A pastor of Lima Ohio was arrested in a prostitution sting this week said Wednesday he is innocent and waiting his day in court. Pastor Ronald Fails of Grace Church Worldwide Ministries said he will defend himself in court not through the media, so obviously he refuses to speak to reporters.
Fails was one of five people arrested late Tuesday and early Wednesday in connection with a prostitution sting targeting an area of complaints between South Main and South Elizabeth streets and West Vine and West Kibby streets, said Lima Police Lt. Patrick Coon.
Fails, 53, is charged with two counts of soliciting and one count of loitering to engage in soliciting. He is scheduled to appear at an arraignment Friday at Lima Municipal Court. He was released after his arrest, Coon said.
Fails was in his car when he approached “an undercover operative” posing as a prostitute and solicited her, Coon said.
Read the full report and the update at AT2W
