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Monday, July 12, 2021

FRANKLIN LAKES - 2019



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An arson fire leveled the Most Blessed Sacrament Church in Franklin Lakes on Dec. 12, 2019.

James Mayers, 27, was found not guilty by reason of insanity, committed to Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital and ordered to remain under court supervision until December 2049, according to NorthJersey.com.

At a 2020 court hearing, psychiatrist Steven Simring characterized Mayers as "religiously preoccupied" and hoping to reach "religious purity" by setting a blaze.