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New York Post
By SUSAN EDELMAN, HEATHER GILMORE and BRAD HAMILTON
August 14, 2005 -- The man accusing his wife of having a torrid affair with St. Patrick's Cathedral rector Eugene Clark has fibbed about his work history, quit a job as a cop after three days, sued NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, and gotten hauled into court on charges he swiped a toaster.
And when Philip DeFilippo — who showed his face yesterday for the first time since the scandal broke — needed work as a private eye, he turned to the high-profile priest he now claims bedded his wife.
DeFilippo used Clark in a NYPD gun-permit application when he wanted to expand his business, Revelation Investigations, into New York City. The monsignor vouched for DeFilippo, his secretary's husband, saying in a letter that he had hired him in his parishes.
But the NYPD didn't buy it, saying there "wasn't sufficient need" for a gun-toting investigator in the church.
DeFilippo, 46, also told the NYPD, "I am a former Connecticut police officer."
The Post learned he was employed as a cop in Norwalk, Conn., for just three days.