The boy who cannot be touched

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June 29, 2025

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FROM the day he was born, Antonio has known excruciating pain.

He entered the world with a blister on his face-blood filled and burning-that would in time spread across the surface of his body and thwart any expectation of a comfortable life.

In his 18 years of life, the young Charlieville resident has never enjoyed the feeling of sunlight on his skin.

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