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The father of Canada’s worst ever mass murderer feels great “pain” and has been “crying” over the massacre perpetrated by his son.

Paul Wortman says the stress of the horrific mass murder of 22 innocent people in Nova Scotia last weekend by his 51-year-old son Gabriel Wortman has landed him in hospital and on medication.

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The heartache in his voice was evident as the 73-year-old spoke by phone from his Moncton home explaining he has not been following developments of the shooting rampage that included the slaying of RCMP Const. Heidi Stevenson.

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“I can tell you I have quite a while ago — my wife (Evelyn) and I — have ceased to listen to any kind of news releases or anything, it’s so horrible,” Paul Wortman told The Toronto Sun. “The last thing I heard was it was the worst mass killing in Canadian history and that sure broke our hearts. I have the greatest pain.”

He’s been so tormented that he reached out for medical help.