PHILIPPINES
Philippine Daily Inquirer
By Ramon Tulfo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Thursday, March 6th, 2014
San Miguel Corp. (SMC) could well have underwritten the construction of the proposed P1-billion shrine to Mother Mary, a project of Fr. Fernando Suarez in Cavite province.
But the business conglomerate discovered massive unnecessary spending by the healing priest, according to an SMC insider, and thus withdrew its support from the project.
“Before, Father Suarez would come to RSA’s office wearing only a T-shirt and sandals, but now he wears expensive clothes and watches, stays in five-star hotels and attends tennis matches like the Wimbledon Classic and the French Open,” said the SMC insider.
Ramon S. Ang, president and CEO of San Miguel Corp. is “RSA” to his subordinates.
RSA, who wears an ordinary collared shirt to work, has faith in the healing power of Father Suarez, but he was reportedly “shocked” at the priest’s change of lifestyle.
Ang is a devout Catholic and his wife is a member of Opus Dei, an organization of ultraconservative Catholic laymen.
When SMC, as a principal benefactor, ordered an audit of Father Suarez’s Mary Mother of the Poor Foundation, the business conglomerate discovered that the foundation had spent money left and right without supporting documents.
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