They sliced off his genitals with a razor blade for staying true to his vow of chastity.
They crushed his guts, split his body open from bottom to top with a machete, and, while he was still alive, filled his belly with gasoline and set him ablaze. But the Blessed Juan Duarte, consumed by the flames, managed to say:
«I forgive you and ask that God forgive you».


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