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“Father. Parishioner. Baker. Healer.”
A baker, James, in 1940s Ireland is known as his town's occult healer, a "secret" that is known by many townspeople there. However, eventually, a priest of the local Catholic Church finds out and is deeply disturbed. Driven by his discovery, he comes up with a scheme to blackmail James by demanding higher tithes in return for silence on the matter. As James grapples with this, intense dedication and insidious deception abound that may bring down not only James, but everyone around him too.
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