‘Healer priest’ admits to being a TV soap opera fan

FATHER Joseph “Joey” Faller, one of the country’s renowned “spiritual healers” and founder of the “Kamay ni Hesus” Healing Ministry in Lucban, Quezon, turns to teleseries to relax and recoup his strength after long hours of healing sessions.

“He’s a self-confessed soap fanatic,” said Edmund Silvestre of US-based The Filipino Reporter.

“And he finds those TV dramas therapeutic, from the early dramas Sa Piling Mo and Pangako Sa ‘Yo, to the most recent May Bukas Pa and Kung Tayo’y Magkakalayo,” Silvestre added.

“Fr. Joey once told me that faith healers like him oftentimes “absorb” the symptoms of the sick,” writes Ricardo Lo of the Philippine Star.

“It may look easy but it’s really tiring… it’s physical, mental, emotional, spiritual,” Silvestre quoted Faller as saying during a recent late dinner following a two-hour healing Mass at St. Andrew The Apostle Church in Clifton, New Jersey.

“Aside from playing basketball, I get to unwind by watching these drama series with other priests. Ito na ang pinakabisyo namin (This is the only vice we have) to relieve stress,” the priest was quoted as saying.

Report from Philippine Star