Janovich is a catholic priest and used to be good friend of a woman named Dorothy Kowalski. Before Dorothy's death, she made Janovich promise that he would that he would convince her husband Walt to make a confession. The problem is that Walt is not very religious and keeps rejecting the priest with mockery and insults. However, Janovich takes his promise seriously and refuses to give up. Janovich learns that Walt has a very troubled past because of the Korean war, and deduces that he is too afraid to face his sins.