Ethan Belfrage is charged with the murder of Reverend Kalahan nine years earlier. Sequestered by two former members of the church, he is the victim of numerous physical and psychological tortures in order to obtain his confession. But Ethan does not let go, causing the dismay of Helen, the widow of the reverend, who doubts his guilt. Between compassion and the desire for revenge, the tension within the group will quickly become untenable.