A minister at one of the largest churches in North Texas was arrested in a sex sting operation in Bryan.
Police confirm that Joe Barron was taken into custody after driving more than three hours to have sex with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl.
Barron serves as a minister at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano. The 52-year-old is a senior minister who works with married adults at the church that has some 26,000 members. Barron had only been with the church for the past 18 months.
Friday morning Prestonwood Baptist Church Executive Pastor Mike Buster issued a statement saying: "We are disturbed and saddened by the reports we have heard and we are praying for the Barron family. We are fully cooperating with the police in their investigation."
Barron had chatted online for about two weeks with "the teenager," who was in reality a Bryan police officer. Officials say during the online communication Barron told "the girl" he wanted to have sex with her and asked her to skip school and meet with him. More...
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