Father Thomas

A compassionate, kindly and active priest, Father Thomas was an immortal empath, a being with the power to feel the emotions of others, and heal emotional pain. He channeled this healing power through his hands. Though his empathic gifts were lost when Vinceres was vanquished, he still possesses immortality.

History
In 1996, he was attacked by the demon Vinceres. When he placed his hands on the demon's chest (the same way he healed humans), he transferred his empathy powers to Vinceres, cursing him in the process as demons cannot handle real human emotions.

Only afterwards did Father Thomas feel that he had also cursed himself as well; cursed to live an immortal life with no purpose. Without his empathic powers, Father Thomas felt he was unable to fufill his role as a priest and healer therefor had no reason to exist at all. Spiraling into a deep depression, Father Thomas had a nervous breakdown a year later, and was committed to Crest Hills Psychiatric Hospital.

Later on, the Charmed Ones sought him out, and after an indirect encouragement from Piper, who became extremely annoyed with his inconfidence and pessimistic nature, he ended up teaching Prue how to control the power of empathy. This ultimately led to Prue being able to vanquish the thought-unstoppable Vinceres. With this, although he didn't regain his ability, Father Thomas regained his long-lost confidence, realizing that he did not need magic to help people. He returned to his church with Leo's aid.

Appearances
appeared in a total of 1 episode throughout the course of the series.
 * Season 3 -
 * Primrose Empath