Pastor Gary Elg Caught in Prostitution Sting Apologizes to Congregation
On July 24th, Pastor Gary Elg was arrested in a prostitution sting and resigned from Red Wing's First Presbyterian Church where he was pastor for 23 years.
Apparently, when the pastor intended to solicit a prostitute, he did not know he would be caught in a prostitution sting where he offered money for sex to an undercover cop in a St. Paul motel room.
Pastor Gary Elg offered his apologies to the congregation when he resigned on July 26th, two days after his arrest for a misdemeanor offense: