SALEM, Mass. (AP) — One of the boys raped by a former church worker testified Tuesday that the abuse ruined his life, as other victims and their parents asked a judge to sentence the molester to life in prison.

"Chris, you ruined my life," the boy said, looking across the courtroom at Christopher Reardon. "You deserve the worst."

Reardon, 29, faces up to life in prison after pleading guilty last month to 75 counts including rape, indecent assault and battery on a child, and disseminating pornography. The charges involve 24 boys, ages 7 to 14, Reardon met as a youth ministry coordinator, Boy Scout leader and YMCA instructor.

"I feel depressed and angry and I feel that I no longer trust a lot of people," one boy said in a statement read by a prosecutor. "No one should go through what I and the other children had to suffer. I think he should spend the rest of his life in prison for his heinous actions."

Prosecutors asked the judge for a 50- to 75-year sentence.

Reardon watched impassively, even as parents called him a monster. Several people were expected to testify for Reardon later Tuesday, asking the judge for leniency because Reardon could be rehabilitated.

Parents described their children's sleepless nights, nightmares and falling grades. The boys began obsessively locking their doors and windows, flying into unexplained rages, and shying from adults, they said.

"I will never know if this is normal teen-age behavior, or because of what Christopher Reardon did to my son. I will never know," a mother said.

Three boys took the stand, and the assistant district attorney read statements from other boys.

All but one of the victims asked for lengthy or life prison terms for Reardon.