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And he lives in Victoria, supported by the same church community that had held him up for decades.

he lost his wife of 44 years and he lost the couple he had described as the closest people to him after his wife and family and quote my life is greatly impoverished without them and he told the court quote it's a truly horrible thought to live with that somebody could decide to take her life i only feel half alive without her unquote

Oh my God.

It's just so heartbreaking.

I just, I don't understand how someone could take somebody away like that.

It's just, it's so devastating.

And when given the chance to speak about the woman who poisoned him, he chose an unexpected path.

And that path was forgiveness.

And he offered it publicly and carefully, but only what was his to

because he could forgive the harm that was done to him.

What had been done to the others, he said, was beyond his power to absolve.

And he had one prayer for Erin, and that was, quote, that she will use her time in jail wisely to become a better person, unquote.

And outside the courthouse, after it was done, he spoke to the press.

And he thanked the police and the hospital workers for their efforts.

And then he said what mattered to him most.

Quote, I'd like to encourage all those involved to keep turning up and serving others.

Our lives and the life of our community depends on the kindness of others.

Unquote.

Aaron and Simon's two children live under a legal suppression order and their identities are sealed from public view, but they're believed to be in their father's care.

And court records noted that they had, quote, settled into a new school better than expected, unquote.