FLORIDA
CBS 12
[with video]
BY JILLIAN BRYNNE TUESDAY, JANUARY 26TH 2016
PALM BEACH GARDENS (CBS12) — A priest says he has been frozen out by the Catholic Diocese of Palm Beach after blowing the whistle on a pedophile priest.
Father John Gallagher says one of his priests – Jose Palimatton – showed a 14-year old boy pornography.
In 2015, Gallagher alerted PBSO. He says his Dioceses asked him to cover it up. Instead he reported the incident to authorities. Priest Palmitton was then arrested.
Since then, Father Gallagher says the Dioceses has demoted him. Gallagher accuses the church of changing the locks on the rectory where he lived and removing all his possessions while he was on medical leave.
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