broach the subject. cnn s soledad o brien introduces us to one man who is daring to try. reporter: two illnesses threaten jeffrey gavin. his church knows only about one. i have what s called morphant syndrome. that makes me very tall. i m constantly in pain. reporter: he feels compelled to tell his pastor, buster sori sze, the rest of his story. i m living with hiv. in the name of jesus. reporter: jay gavin, as his friends know him, found he he was hiv-positive four years ago. he s never mentioned it in church and keeping that kind of secret is common in the african-american community. if the average person in this church knew how many people they interacted with in this church who were hiv-positive, it it would be scandalous.
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