An Atlanta court on Thursday released on bail a security officer at the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, Georgia, charged last week with pedophila, Israel Radio reported.

Police detained the guard, Yosef Sagiv Ofri, after finding pornographic pictures of children and crude sexual letters on his computer.

The Israeli Embassy in Washington confirmed that Ofri had been charged but refused to release more information on the case.

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Ofri was accused of using emails and online messages to seduce a child from a suburb of Atlanta for "illegal acts relating to sodomy, aggravated sodomy, child molestation and aggravated child molestation."

Officials from the consulate on Thursday visited Ofri, who carries a diplomatic passport, at the county's detention center. The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said that it had been informed of the matter and was looking into the details.

Augusta Judicial Circuit district, attorney Daniel J. Craig, said "Because you're dealing with a citizen of another country here, it was necessary to coordinate our efforts with the State Department and in accordance with the Vienna Convention."