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Melvin Duenas, 58, sits beside a photo of himself when he was 11 years old, the age when he says in a lawsuit he was sexual abused by Tomas Camacho and Louis Brouillard, both Catholic priests at the churches where Duenas served as an altar boy, in Hagatna, Guam, Monday, May 13, 2019. "We were taught that when we see a priest we run over there and kneel down," said Duenas. "We looked at them as God himself. I always wanted to be a priest myself. I told my dad shortly after (the abuse happened) and he hit me and said 'don't ever talk about a priest like that.' I tried to commit suicide. I was so upset at God. I tried to numb my thoughts and started drinking. I was a drug addict by the age of 15. A lot of darkness, it just follows me." Camacho and Brouillard are now dead. Brouillard acknowledged abuse allegations before he died. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
2019-05-13
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