The 37-year-old New Jersey man charged with attempted arson after police say he brought two gas containers, lighter fluid and lighters into St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City on Wednesday night was admitted to Bellevue Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, his attorney said Friday.

Marc Lamporello, of Hasbrouck Heights, also faces charges after he refused to leave Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark on Monday.

“He is now admitted as a patient at Bellevue Hospital due to his medical condition,” said Christopher DiLorenzo, an attorney who practices in both New York and New Jersey. “He will be there indefinitely.”

DiLorenzo said Lamporello’s parents in Hasbrouck Heights retained him Thursday.

Marc Lamparello, 37, center, is escorted out of a police precinct in New York, Thursday, April 18, 2019. Police say Lamparello was arrested after entering St. Patrick's Cathedral Wednesday night in New York with two cans of gasoline, lighter fluid and butane lighters. Lamparello is facing charges including attempted arson and reckless endangerment. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP

Lamporello will likely be arraigned at the hospital on Wednesday, April 24 as long as he is still admitted there, DiLorenzo said.

“If the medical professionals deem that he is stabilized and in better condition, he could be booked and go through the normal arraignment process” he said.

In addition to attempted arson, New York police charged Lamporello with reckless endangerment and trespassing.

Police allege Marc Lamparello of Hasbrouck Heights carried gasoline, lighter fluid and lighters in St. Patrick's Cathedral on Wednesday.NYPD

Police said Lamparello drove his minivan to St. Patrick’s Cathedral about 8 p.m. Wednesday, parked near the church and walked inside carrying a pair of two-gallon canisters of gasoline, lighter fluid and butane lighters. He was stopped and questioned by church security, police said.

After his arrest, the NYPD said they found Lamparello had booked a one-way flight to Rome, Italy.

Two days earlier, Lamporello was arrested for refusing to leave Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, according to Essex County Sheriff Armando B. Fontoura.

Lamporello threw himself onto the floor between two pews and told sheriff’s officers “I’m not going, this is God’s house and I’m not leaving,” Fontoura said.

Lamporello was charged in Newark with defiant trespass, obstruction and disorderly conduct. He was released to the custody of his mother, Fontoura said.

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