A well known journalist Australian journalist, Mike Willesee, returned to the Catholic faith after being a hard nosed atheist for years. When you read his story you can see why he might have become hostile to the church. Apparently he died on March 1, 2019 when the following article was published in the Catholic Weekly.
I remember seeing him on TV way back in his heyday in the 70's and 80's. He was an aggressive journalist.
Legendary journalist Mike Willesee returned to faith
But after returning to the Catholic Church, and even before it, he set about trying to prove that God is real, and that there was a genuine supernatural basis for his decision. The following link possibly has a bearing on the original post by Michie. The quote seems to be in the same style of "proof".
Willesee says revealing God is his greatest work
PS - As a footnote, part of the reason he initially drifted away was that -
This is the same bunch who had the record of the most child abuse cases in Catholic circles in Australia according to the Federal Government Commission. If their order goes out the door, it can't be too soon in my opinion.