May
17, 11:39 PM EDT
Baptist Pastor
arrested in sex sting resigned
The Rev. Jack Graham,
pastor of
Barron was charged Friday
with online solicitation of a minor. Undercover officers posing as a
13-year-old girl communicated with the 52-year-old minister for about two
weeks. The online conversations were sexual in nature, police said.
On May 6, Barron
suggested meeting the girl in person. He drove nearly 200 miles on Thursday to
meet her in
Barron was released from
the Brazos County Jail on Friday night on $7,000 bail. Police were unsure if he
had an attorney.
Graham said it was a heartbreaking week in which
"you need to know that we are appalled and we are disgraced by this
terrible action, an unacceptable action, by a minister on our staff."
The pastor said he was
eager to move on.
"We want to put this
in the rearview mirror," Graham said. "We will handle anything we
need to handle in terms of our responsibilities and obligations, and any
ongoing investigation.