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Priest JEROME FAGAN reveals the secret shame that drove him to drink, how he downed three bottles of wine a day and even considered suicide - but a spiritual intervention saved him

As a priest I gave everything to my community but very little to myself. I was an alcoholic hiding my homosexuality and contemplating suicide. Luckily I was saved by my colleagues - and God.

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