Her father is a well-known priest from Salta and she says that he abandoned her and tries to hide her

Agustina Gamboa is 18 years old. She is the daughter of the Salta priest, Carlos Gamboa, who gave her last name when she was two, but she was away and denied it all her life. Last week, the young woman listened to her father, whom she has not seen since 2016, defending "both lives" in an interview about the debate over the


legal abortion.
And he decided to tell, for the first time, publicly, his story of abandonment.

"The priest and referent of the Catholic Church of Salta Carlos Gamboa, was interviewed in the program
The other bell on the law of the next voluntary termination of pregnancy to be processed in the Senate of the nation. He used slogans "Yes to life", "Yes to all life", "All life is worth it". These are his statements, however, the reality contradicts his words, because he's always neglected and neglected, his daughter Agustina María Gamboa Arias, born in May 2000, "says the first paragraph of his letter.

The young woman carries the nickname of the priest since the age of two years thanks to the pressure exerted by his mother, Virginia Arias, in Justice With her writing, the young woman denounces publicly for the first time that his father is the recognized religious Salteño Carlos Gamboa, who abandoned him emotionally and, according to the letter, he delayed the payment of food.

"When Carlos Gamboa and l & 39; Church that he represents speak of "yes to life", "yes to all life "and" all life is worth it "", I wonder what does it mean with that? and why does he feel that he has the moral authority to say it so lightly? Impose, with this speech, a reflection on society, knowing that his words have a lot of weight, but his actions contradict him. I must say that all this seems to me total hypocrisy, "he says in his letter, and denounces" the double standard of the Church. "

The times that he saw were at his initiative, always in secret. life Every day I get up and I know who I am and from where my name comes from and that there is a struggle behind. The difference is now that the truth was known, "says the girl in an interview with LA NACION. He lives in Buenos Aires with his brother and works as an employee while deciding to study the arts or communication.

Prior to the LA NACION consultation, Gamboa spokesman said the priest would not make any statements and referred to a statement from the Archdiocese of Salta in the next 48 hours

Gamboa , a respected and well-known priest in Salta, was already a priest when Agustina was born in the autumn. In 2000, in Cerrillos, 15 kilometers from the capital of Salta, she became a religious reference in the local community, and since she was a little girl, she asked to meet him. The first time was at a gas station far from the city. "Far, so that they can not recognize us," said the young woman, and in the years that followed, they had several meetings, always in private, always on his initiative.

"Gamboa was always present, but not or father, but to verify that my existence was kept secret, to be preserved," says Agustina.

The last time she saw her was in 2016, when she was 16 years old. She was depressed, was doing therapy and knew that her mood was related to her father's relationship. He decided to go to Salta to talk to him once more. When he arrived he looked for him in the parish where he knew he was giving Mbad and was not surprised when he asked her to speak where they could not see them. Although he was able to tell him what he felt, he stopped trying to have an emotional connection with him and they only communicate with their attorneys.

The letter that Agustina posted on his Facebook account was discussed and discussed with his family. If asked what her purpose is, she answers: "Raise awareness". Not only about absent parents, but also about "hypocrisy" when it comes to abortion. "I want when they talk about the issue, for or against, they do it knowing very well what they say, that they choose with all the information," said the young woman , who considers herself a feminist, at LA NACION

. I had been a psychologist since the age of 5 and it was always a problem to grow up without a father, he was absent, but it always happened, he went around to know that he I would not know that I existed. People who would like me if my biological father did not like me? That's why I confront women's struggle, not only for abortion, but for us to stop feeling submissive and vulnerable. "

The letter to finish