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SAN ANTONIO — A former University of Notre Dame theology professor accused of sexually abusing a boy in the 1980s characterized his suicide as “a farewell gift” he hoped would “bring healing to anyone that (he) might have hurt.”

That is according to a suicide letter an attorney for the Rev. Virgilio Elizondo’s accuser released to the San Antonio Express-News, the paper reported Tuesday.

Elizondo shot himself in the head and died March 14, according to San Antonio police. Elizondo was found with a suicide letter nearby and his finger still on the trigger, the Express-News reported.

In life, the 80-year-old Elizondo had vehemently denied the allegations put forth by a San Antonio man in a lawsuit. The man, who has not been identified, lived in a San Antonio orphanage as a child. The accuser says he was the victim of…