By . James  Nye . PUBLISHED: . 09:08 EST, 3 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:40 EST, 3 March 2014 . Accused; John Harold McGill, principal at Mt. Carmel Elementary School in Douglas County, attempted to have sex with a minor, according to the GBI . A Georgia elementary school teacher has been arrested and charged with trying to have sex with a child after a sting operation conducted online by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit. John McGill, who is married with six children and three grandchildren, was one of 14 people taken into custody on Sunday in Operation Broken Heart and accused of traveling to meet a child for sex after visiting an internet chat room. McGill, who is the principal of Mt. Carmel Elementary School in Douglas County denied the charges after he was booked under the Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Prevention Act of 1999. 'The purpose of ‘Operation Broken Heart’ was to arrest persons who communicate with children on-line and then travel to meet them for the purpose of having sex,' the GBI said. 'On-line child predators visit chat rooms and websites on the internet, find children, begin conversations with them, introduce sexual content and arrange a meeting with the children for the purpose for having sex.' However, the GBI have not made it clear whether McGill was talking to and traveling to meet an actual child or whether agents were posing as underage children. Scroll down for video . Decades of service: John McGill has denied all the charges against him but has been suspended from his job . However, McGill's attorney, Mac Pilgrim, has said that his client has not yet made clear his side of the story according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. 'You can’t jump to conclusions, there’s always more than meets the eye,' Pilgrim told Channel 2 Action News. According to the GBI, the arrested inviduals, range in age from 21 to 64, and traveled from all parts of Northern Georgia with the intent to meet a child for sex. McGill has been suspended from Mt. Carmel Elementary School after 18 years as a school administrator which included 14 as a principal. McGill is the principal at Mt. Carmel Elementary School in Douglas County . 'I hope that you continue to find that Mt. Carmel is a ‘happy place’ where children feel safe, understand the high expectations for student achievement and the love for children that is present each and every day,' he wrote on his online bio - which has now been removed. According to records, McGill is the youngest of six children and has a Ph.D in educational leadership from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, in addition to degress from Troy State University and Alabama State University. Douglas County School System spokeswoman Karen Stroud confirmed that McGill had been suspended pending the law enforcement investigation. 'The system is cooperating fully with law enforcement,' she wrote. 'Few details, confirmed by law enforcement, are available at this time.'
John McGill was arrested on Sunday by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation .
The father of six has been a principal for 14-years and holds a doctorate level degree .
He is charged with meeting an underage child on the Internet and traveling to have sex with them .
His lawyer says that McGill denies all charges .
By . James  Nye . PUBLISHED: . 09:08 EST, 3 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:40 EST, 3 March 2014 . Accused; John Harold McGill, principal at Mt. Carmel Elementary School in Douglas County, attempted to have sex with a minor, according to the GBI . A Georgia elementary school teacher has been arrested and charged with trying to have sex with a child after a sting operation conducted online by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit. John McGill, who is married with six children and three grandchildren, was one of 14 people taken into custody on Sunday in Operation Broken Heart and accused of traveling to meet a child for sex after visiting an internet chat room. McGill, who is the principal of Mt. Carmel Elementary School in Douglas County denied the charges after he was booked under the Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Prevention Act of 1999. 'The purpose of ‘Operation Broken Heart’ was to arrest persons who communicate with children on-line and then travel to meet them for the purpose of having sex,' the GBI said. 'On-line child predators visit chat rooms and websites on the internet, find children, begin conversations with them, introduce sexual content and arrange a meeting with the children for the purpose for having sex.' However, the GBI have not made it clear whether McGill was talking to and traveling to meet an actual child or whether agents were posing as underage children. Scroll down for video . Decades of service: John McGill has denied all the charges against him but has been suspended from his job . However, McGill's attorney, Mac Pilgrim, has said that his client has not yet made clear his side of the story according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. 'You can’t jump to conclusions, there’s always more than meets the eye,' Pilgrim told Channel 2 Action News. According to the GBI, the arrested inviduals, range in age from 21 to 64, and traveled from all parts of Northern Georgia with the intent to meet a child for sex. McGill has been suspended from Mt. Carmel Elementary School after 18 years as a school administrator which included 14 as a principal. McGill is the principal at Mt. Carmel Elementary School in Douglas County . 'I hope that you continue to find that Mt. Carmel is a ‘happy place’ where children feel safe, understand the high expectations for student achievement and the love for children that is present each and every day,' he wrote on his online bio - which has now been removed. According to records, McGill is the youngest of six children and has a Ph.D in educational leadership from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, in addition to degress from Troy State University and Alabama State University. Douglas County School System spokeswoman Karen Stroud confirmed that McGill had been suspended pending the law enforcement investigation. 'The system is cooperating fully with law enforcement,' she wrote. 'Few details, confirmed by law enforcement, are available at this time.'
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