AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
A MAN who as a child was abused by a pedophile priest has been found dead in his car after the pain became “just too much for him”, his wife says.
The body of John Pirona, 45, was discovered by police in a car at Tomago near Newcastle early today, nearly a week after his wife Tracey last saw him on Saturday night.
Ms Pirona said she alerted police to his disappearance after finding a letter that spoke of the pain he felt being linked to a pedophile priest and of his wish “to go nobly”.
“The pain was just too much for him,” Ms Pirona said.
“He felt like his children were better off without him.”
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