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Chicago is shaken when a powerful archbishop is found brutally murdered, his body covered in cryptic carvings, the room drenched in blood.

A terrified, blood-soaked altar boy, Aaron Stampler, flees the scene and is quickly arrested. At just 18, he becomes the prime suspect in a case that captures the city—and the media.

Enter Martin Vail (Richard Gere), a slick, high-profile defense attorney who thrives on publicity. He takes Aaron’s case pro bono, drawn in by the press but soon pulled deeper by something else… something darker.

Aaron seems innocent. Timid. Shy. He stammers, avoids eye contact, and insists he could never hurt the archbishop—“He was like a father to me.”

But Martin senses cracks beneath Aaron’s gentle facade. The boy’s story doesn’t add up.

As Martin digs deeper, truths begin to surface:

The archbishop was not the saint he appeared to be.

The Church is hiding disturbing secrets.

And Aaron… might be hiding something even more terrifying.

This isn’t just a courtroom drama. It’s a psychological descent into split identities, abuse, manipulation, and the blurred line between victim and monster.

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