A disgraced Queens Catholic Church deacon will spend 16 years behind bars for enticing three boys he met online into having sex with him.

Rogelio Vega, 52, faced his reckoning in Brooklyn Federal Court on Wednesday, breaking down in tears as he described how his actions hurt his victims and his family.

“I wish things can be different and we can go back in time,” he said. “I’d say sorry to [the victims] and to my family also because they’re struggling with what I have done” he told Judge Eric Komitee, taking of his glasses as his emotions overcame him.

“You’ll probably notice that my family is not here today, because I told them not to come, because I don’t want to expose them any more,” Vega added.

Komitee called Vega’s case “especially complex,” but noted, “Deterring the sexual exploitation of children is one of the most important, most essential…