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That guy who tried to get into St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC & had a plane ticket to Rome for yesterday

Was a Seton Hall professor

https://news.ntd.com/man-who-took-gas-lighters-to-nyc-cathedral-had-booked-one-way-flight-to-rome_318659.html

The man who took two full gas cans, lighter fluid, and lighters into a cathedral in New York City just days after the Notre Dame cathedral in France was partially consumed by an inferno had booked a one-way flight to Rome, authorities said.

Marc Lamparello, 37, was set to fly from Newark Liberty International Airport outside of the city to Italy on April 18.

He was arrested at St. Patrick’s Cathedral with the gas and other items on Wednesday night, approximately 24 hours before his flight was scheduled to depart.

NYPD Deputy Commissioner John Miller said that Lamparello booked a one-way flight to Europe for approximately $2,800. It wasn’t clear if he told officers what his plans were. Asked if Lamparello indicated what he planned to do in Rome, reported the Associated Press, Miller said, “I’m not going to get into that right now.”

Lamparello was also arrested just two days before being detained in New York when he refused to leave the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey.

Lamparello arrived at the cathedral at about 10 p.m. on Monday, removed his hat, blessed himself, and sat in one of the front pews, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura told the North Jersey Record.

When officers approached Lamparello later that night, he refused to leave despite repeated requests.

An assistant bishop and a priest even held special prayers with the man to try to satisfy him, but he still refused to leave, throwing himself on the floor and telling officers the only way he was leaving was if he was arrested. He was charged with trespassing, resisting arrest, and obstructing the administration of law. He’s due in court for that case on May 1.

Lamparello taught two philosophy classes at Seton Hall University in recent semesters, including Philosophy 1105, Ethics for the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 semesters, according to records obtained by The Setonian. He was a part-time adjunct professor at the university.

The professor had two sections he was supposed to teach on Wednesday night, but he sent an email canceling class, claiming he had an “unforeseen illness.”

Lamparello has since been fired.

“Although Marc Lamparello had an appointment as a part-time adjunct instructor at Seton Hall for the Spring 2019 semester, he is no longer working at the University. Seton Hall’s top priority is the education and welfare of our students and the entire campus community,” Laurie Pine, Seton Hall’s director of media relations, said in a statement.

Lehman College also said that it was firing Lamparello, saying he had been teaching an online course this semester.

According to a church bulletin (pdf), Lamparello was at one point the music director at St. Joseph’s Church in East Rutherford, New Jersey, through at least 2013.

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