<p>Robert Souza a blue-collar Portuguese boy raised by a poor widowed mother gave up on marriage when he signed the application papers for the seminary. For a brief time before his ordination he strayed and considered marrying Shannon. But he strongly desired the union with God. Now six years later a priest at St. Justin Martyr Rob once again faces the forbidden desire of his own heart when Jessica a victim of a brutal assault comes for counseling. Along with Rob's best friend Lawrence-a priest with an artistic temperament and trials of his own-Rob and Jessica are forced to make choices they don't intend against the backdrop of a Greek chorus of gossiping priests and church politics riddled with suspicion and engaged in the battle for souls.</p>