Some good news about a priest who has supernatural gifts

The Defilers, while it deals with some tough subjects such as child sexual abuse, is a story of redemption and hope and how, when religious leaders are faithful, wonderful healing and release happens.

Here's a good news story about an Ottawa-based priest who is traveling around the world praying for the sick--with signs following. Many people have experienced miraculous healings.

Word of mouth has brought the men and women to the Preston St. church to see the man the Catholic Church believes has healed hundreds of people since he was a teenager.

Since his ordination in 2002, Father Fernando Suarez has travelled the world, leaving a trail of testimonies from people who say his prayers and presence have restored their sight, cured their cancer and soothed deep spiritual wounds.

Every month, Suarez's superiors at his Ottawa-based religious community receive a half-dozen letters from people who say they've been healed after the priest prayed with them.

A few years ago, the 39-year-old Suarez was leading an ordinary life as a chemical engineer in his native Philippines.

When he was 16, his life took a fateful turn that would lead thousands of sick and wounded souls to his door.

Suarez was walking near his home when he saw a crippled woman on the street.

The teen asked the woman if she wanted him to pray with her. Suarez wasn't a churchgoer and had never prayed with anyone before.

"I did it out of pity. She nodded her head and I made the sign of the cross and said the Our Father, a Hail Mary and a Glory Be to God. They were the only prayers I knew," he recalls.

"All of the sudden she got up and walked. I ran -- I got scared."

Read the whole thing. I attended one of Fr. Fernandos healing masses and was impressed by his low key, totally unsensational style. The focus for him is totally on Jesus Christ and that shines forth.