Dino Cinel

Dino Cinel was an Italian-American historian, and a Distinguished Professor of Italian-American Studies at City University of New York.[1]

Life

In 1988, he was a Roman Catholic priest at St. Rita's Church, New Orleans. He was investigated over his possession of homosexual child pornography.[2] He sued over the public release of the information.[3]

He taught at Tulane University. The scholarship of his book, From Italy to San Francisco, has been questioned.[4][5]

Cinel was stabbed to death in Medellin, Colombia in February 2018 by an 18-year-old man with whom he had been in a relationship.[6]

Awards

Works
  • From Italy to San Francisco. Stanford University Press. 1982. ISBN 978-0-8047-1117-3.
  • The National Integration of Italian Return Migration, 1870-1929. Cambridge University Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-521-52118-5.

References
  1. "The porn prof on trial.", The Nation, November, 1993, Jon Wiener
  2. "Unholy Alliances", Vanity Fair, Leslie Bennetts, December 1991
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-01-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "The Disturbing Case of Dino Cinel", History News Network, Sebastian Fichera, 4-28-03
  5. "Dino Cinel", History News Network, Andrew M. Canepa, May 7, 2003 Archived November 24, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Asesinan en Medellín a exsacerdote italiano envuelto en pornografía". El Tiempo (in Spanish). February 3, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
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