美国黑人牧师Andre James，回到旧时的天主教寄宿学校顶替一位失踪的牧师，但他怀疑原来的牧师可能是被学校的人谋杀，于是他展开调查。 Andre James, an African-American priest with a troubled past, returns to his old Catholic boarding school to replace another priest who has disappeared, but when he begins to suspect that the priest he replaced may have been murdered by someone at the school, he embarks on a quest to discover the truth, only to uncover a darker secret as he is forced to confront his own dark past.