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By Rachel Leigh, Content Manager

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (WFLX) – A 48-year-old visiting priest from India, serving a two-year contract with Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in West Palm Beach, is out of jail.

Father Jose Palimattom posted bail over the weekend. He was arrested last week on charges of exposing a minor to pornography.

It is not known who posted Palimattom’s bail. Dianne Laubert, spokeswoman for the Diocese of Palm Beach County, said the diocese did not pay Palimattom’s bail.

Laubert said that the diocese removed his priestly faculties, which means that he is prohibited from exercising his priestly ministry. “Once his faculties are removed, he is not allowed in any diocesan property,” said Laubert.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Palimattom asked an adolescent boy to help him remove items off of his cell phone.