Father Crowthorne, priest of the parish Smallton, finishes his weekly
service and talks to members of his congregation as they leave. On the way out
Mrs. Dawes, an elderly woman, states how small the congregation has become and how
some “young blood” is needed. The Father replies that a young female Vicar is
moving to the church and they both agree it’ll be for the best to keep sin
away. Before leaving, he starts to hear whispering and as he gets closer to the
back of the church it gets stronger but disappears before he gets to close.
Slightly shaken he leaves the church and goes home but before he falls asleep
he hears the whispering again.
The
next day, whilst the Father is walking through the town he sees someone moving
in to an old house and greets them. He discovers that it’s the new female
Vicar; Reverend Kerry O’Reilly and her husband Andrew. She invites him in, and
over tea, they talk about her backstory, why she moved. The Father thanks her
for coming and states he believes there’s too much sin in the world before
leaving to go to the church.
On
the way to the church, he sees people closing up their shops for the night or
walking their dogs and haves casual passing conversations. He arrives at the
church just as night falls to lock up and after inspecting it, he makes a
prayer. He turns to leave and halfway down the aisle hears the whispering. As
he gets closer to the source it tells him to kill sinners and becomes so loud
that it drives him to his knees, screaming before he passes out. After he wakes
up he gets out of the church, and sees two lovers in the graveyard. Influenced
by the words he hears; he murders the pair with a crucifix as they try to
escape, whilst quoting the Bible. After
the act is done the Priest drags the bodies through to a corner of the
graveyard finds a shovel and buries the bodies.
The
following Sunday Reverend O’Reilly prepares for her first sermon and gets to
the church early with her husband. Father Crowthorne is sitting in the first
pew, muttering to himself and when disturbed appears startled and worried.
Throughout the service Reverend O’Reilly keeps looking at a shaking Father
Crowthorne and after the service he disappears into his office without saying a
word despite being approached by the Reverend. In his office he looks at the
cut on his wrist from the first murder before sitting back and falling asleep.
He wakes up to hear noises outside and investigates but is attacked by a group
of 3 boys and gets cut on his head. They are stealing but, before they escape,
Father Crowthorne kills one of the boys by bashing his head against a wall and
knocks one out after a fight whilst the other boy escapes. All the while he is
chanting passages from the Bible.
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