Ryan McElrath, a former youth pastor at Fellowship Bible Church in Jackson, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for sex crimes involving a minor.
McElrath was previously arrested and booked into the Madison County Criminal Justice Complex on charges for sexual battery by an authority figure, statutory rape, and statutory rape by an authority figure – forcible rape.
McElrath, 39, was arrested at a residence on Willow Green Drive by the Jackson Police Department.
(PHOTO: Ryan McElrath)
