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- In the criminal justice
system,

sexually based offenses

are considered
especially heinous.

In New York City,
the dedicated detectives

who investigate
these vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad

known as
the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

- Bless me, Father,
for I have sinned.

It's been four weeks
since my last confession.

I've committed
the sin of adultery...

twice.

And I'm afraid
I'm gonna do it again.

My husband is working late
next Friday.

The last time
my lover came over,

I left the door unlocked.

And he wants me to do it again.

- Open the door to Jesus,
my child,

but lock the door to sin.

- I always say I will.

I know it's wrong.

But I get weak, Father.

- I'm Burton,
and I'm an alcoholic.

I've been sober
for five months,

two weeks, and three days,
but who's counting?

And in that time,
my life has changed... a lot.

But like others here,

before I found these rooms,
there was no bottom for me.

[quiet dramatic music]

♪

- Think a lot
of people identified

with what you shared.
- Mm.

- So now tell me
how it's really going.

- Well, I've had
my ups and downs.

But I haven't picked up.
I'm working my program.

- Finish your eighth step?

- I have.

The list of people I've harmed
is long.

- And now the ninth step.

- How do you even begin to make
amends to all these people?

- You're a novelist.

Pick a place to start.

Maybe the beginning?

- Come back
to Staten Island with me.

I can cook.
You could spend the night.

- [sighs]
Can you wait here?

I need to go to confession.

- Again?
Didn't you just go last week?

Are you okay, Audrey?

[sighs]

- Bless me, Father,
for I have sinned.

I failed God.

As much as I tried to resist,

I still planned
to commit adultery.

But I paid the price
for betrayal.

I was raped last night.

God's truly angry.

[quiet dramatic music]

♪

- Hey, Caitlin.

- Sonny!
[chuckles]

- How you doing?
- Hi, I'm good.

- What are you doing
off of Staten Island?

At a church, no less.
What, did you finally un-lapse?

- [scoffs]
Bite your tongue.

I--I'm waiting for Audrey.

- Yeah, sure, Audrey,
your little sister.

I see her at mass all the time.
We say hello.

- Yeah.
What are you doing here?

You need to spill
your sins too?

- Ah, no, I'm actually--

I'm just--I'm saying hello
to Father Duffy.

- Look at you, Sonny.

A detective
and then law school--

I heard you're an ADA now.

- I guess I'm a late bloomer.
- [chuckles]

I should go.
Um...

Audrey's going
through... a time.

It was good to see you, Sonny.
- Yeah, you too.

- Dominick,
sorry to keep you waiting.

- Hey, Ryan.
Sorry, Father Duffy.

How you doing?
Thanks for meeting me.

Hey, Father Regis,
how are you?

- Very exciting news,
I hear, Dominick?

Aren't you here
for a Pre-Cana?

- [sighs]
- You set a date yet?

- Well, she hasn't
even said yes.

In fact,
I haven't even asked her yet,

so it's still early stages.

- You need me
to put in a word upstairs?

- Oh, I'm sure he's got
enough on his plate,

but thank you.
- Okay. Ryan.

- Let's go to the rectory.

- Hey, can I--
can I ask you something?

Audrey O'Neill--
she seemed--she seemed upset.

- You know
I can't really speak to that.

- Why, 'cause you took
her confession?

I'm sorry,
I know I can't ask that either.

- No.
But... she's a friend?

Never hurts to reach out.

- I'm just asking you
to listen.

I'm not asking you
to forgive me.

- Okay.
I'm listening.

- I'm aware
that the last time we met,

I wasn't at my best.

- You threw a glass at me.
- Uh-uh, at the door.

Well, turns out, that night,
I hit bottom.

You said you wanted
acknowledgement

that what happened between us
when you were 16 was wrong.

And I think I said--

- You said, "Well, you're
not gonna get it."

- Did I?
Okay, that sounds right.

I was drinking a lot.
I don't remember

exactly what--
- I do.

- You're still angry.

- Yeah, I'm angry.

- Would it help
if you threw a glass at me?

- No, Burton, it wouldn't.

- I'm sorry.
I'm--I'm--I'm--

Olivia, I'm trying
to make amends.

- You're sorry?
You're sorry for what?

You're sorry for abusing women?

For using women?

For hiding behind alcohol
as an excuse?

Look, I just want to make sure
that you understand

what making amends means.

And not just to me, Burton,

but to the other women.

[somber music]

♪

To acknowledge
what you did to them.

- That's exactly why I'm here.

I hear you.
And I'm trying.

- Well, good.
Good.

So let me know
when you've done that.

♪

[dramatic music]

♪

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- Thank you for meeting me.

- I'm glad you called.

You're worried about Audrey.
I am too.

- I mean, look, it's--
it's none of my business,

but I just seen that look
of trauma before, and...

Did--did she tell you anything?

- Not much.

She did confide in me
that she's having an affair.

I think maybe her husband,
Shane, found out.

- And he knocked her around?

I've seen him at mass.
He's an intimidating guy.

- He's a guard at Rikers.

Moonlights
as a nightclub bouncer.

Drinks a lot.

I--I told her
to come and stay with me,

but she refused.

Swears Shane didn't hurt her.

I worry she's
just protecting him.

- Well, maybe you could get her
to--to talk to me

or my old boss at SVU,
Olivia Benson?

Nothing formal.
It's just sometimes it's

easier to share with people
outside of the family.

- I think another woman
would be a good idea.

- Burton Lowe, that creep?
What's he want?

- He says that he wants
to make amends.

- What's he really want?

- I think he really wants
to make amends.

- Well, it's not up to you
to let him off the hook.

- I told him that, Fin.

But, I don't know--I--

I was up all night,
thinking about him.

- Thinking about who?
- Guess who's back?

Burton Lowe.
- What did he do now?

- He asked
for Liv's forgiveness.

- Why, so he can write
another book about it?

- I think we can assume
that he hit bottom.

So if he is trying
to turn his life around,

isn't the right thing to do

to hear him out?
- Yeah, probably.

I mean, I never liked that guy
from the get,

but let he
who is without sin...

Uh, speaking of which,
I, uh--I have an old friend.

Her sister might be
in some trouble.

I don't know
if it's DV or something else.

- You think she needs
to talk to someone?

- I didn't really want
the police involved.

My husband can't know
any of this.

- Where is your husband now?

- Shane's working a double
at Rikers.

- Hey, whatever happened
to you, Audrey,

we're just--
we're just here to listen.

Okay?
You don't have to worry

about filing a police report.

- Okay.

Well, what happened is,
I was raped.

I--I have no idea by who.

- Okay, um...

is there anything
that you can tell us,

like when it happened
or where?

- Friday night, my apartment.

Shane was working late.

I know that Caitlin told Sonny
my marriage is in cold storage.

I've been having a fling

with my upstairs neighbor...

- Okay.
- For about a month.

I'm no perfect Catholic.

- Hey, none of us are.
- Look, we're not--

we're not here to judge you.
Okay?

So, um, do you have any idea
how he got into your apartment?

- I left the door unlocked
for my neighbor.

Vince was supposed
to come over at 10:00,

but right before that,
some stranger comes in

with a ski mask and gloves.

Before I could scream,

he started choking me
with a--a belt, I think.

He, uh, forced himself
inside me.

It was quick,
and then he just left.

- And you're sure it wasn't
this--this guy, Vince?

- I don't think so.
I--

He felt different.

Vince is well-endowed.

- Okay.

Okay, did anybody else know

that you were gonna leave
the door unlocked?

- No.
But... Vince came in

right after
the guy who raped me left

and found me.
He was pretty upset.

- How well do you know Vince?

- Not that well.

Separated from his wife,
I think.

Moved in a couple months ago.

[scoffs]

I guess I don't really know him
at all.

[dramatic music]

♪

- Vince Costa, 42.

Declared bankruptcy
after a messy divorce.

He works at a car dealership.

- He got a record?
- Minor stuff.

Bookmaking, credit card fraud.

- Might be a wise guy
trying to pay off a debt,

offering up Audrey
as some kind of payment.

Vince Costa!

Detective Velasco,

Sergeant Tutuola,
Special Victims.

- This about Audrey?

- Yeah, what do you know
about that?

- Listen, I was the one
who found her.

All right?
She was hysterical.

I--I told her to call 911.

I mean, she must
have told you that, right?

Do you have any idea
who--who it was? Or--

- We're hoping
you could help us.

Somebody knew
the door was gonna be unlocked.

You tell one of your pals
about your fling?

- Listen, man,
I'm going through a divorce.

My wife doesn't let me
bring the kids here.

There's no way I'm telling
anybody about an affair, no.

- Any chance somebody overheard
you and Audrey talking?

- No way.

I mean, I don't know,
maybe her uh, husband's

tapping her phone?

I mean, have--
have you talked to him?

You know?
He's built like a--

he's built like a war memorial.

And Audrey says he has friends
that are ex-cons.

Could have sent one of them
over to attack her.

That dude is scary.

- And you were sleeping
with his wife?

- Wasn't supposed
to find out, you know.

- Well, he will now.

Might want to watch your back.

- Burton, hi.

I'm in the middle
of a very busy day.

And I--I--I can't
talk to you right now.

- I was just at a meeting
in the neighborhood,

and had a thought.

I'm qualifying tomorrow
at my home group.

And, um, maybe you'd want
to come?

It wouldn't be about us.

Maybe that's loaded for you.
Anyway.

- Yeah.
Um, I'll think about it.

- All right, all right.
Well, thanks anyway.

- Yeah, sure.

No, Fin, don't--don't ask.

Where are we on Audrey's case?

The neighbor boyfriend's
a bottom-feeder,

but I don't think it's him.

- Well, I think
it's highly unlikely

that someone was checking
doorknobs.

I mean, the timing--

Look, this guy was
clearly tipped off

about the open door.

- No security cameras,
nothing on the canvass.

But Audrey has agreed

to let CSU search
the apartment.

- So the husband knows?

- Not about the affair.

But she said she'd tell him
about the assault.

- There's no chance

that the husband was
the rapist?

- Club security footage
puts him at work,

but he could have sent

one of the goons
that works for him.

- Well, if he did hire
one of his ex-cons,

then they'd be in the system.

So maybe we get lucky
with the DNA.

- How much longer
is this gonna take?

Fingerprints, I get.

But they're looking
for hidden cameras?

- We're trying to figure out
how someone knew

about your affair.

- Can you tell them to hurry?

- This is my apartment.
Let me in.

The hell's going on?
- Shane, you're home early.

- I thought you said
you told him.

- Told me what?
- Let's stay calm, Mr. O'Neill.

- Who the hell are you, pal?

- Manhattan ADA Carisi.

Your wife has given us
permission

to search this apartment.

She's a crime victim.
- What?

- I didn't want to upset you.

But I was raped.

- You mean you knew

I was working a double shift

and you had some guy over here.

He sent you flowers
the next day?

- Those are from the parish.
- You're lying.

You are lying.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Listen, we're all
brother officers here.

- Listen, man, your wife
was sexually assaulted.

She didn't tell you

'cause she was afraid
you'd react like this.

Why don't you prove her wrong?

- He thinks I'm lying.

I swore before God
about everything.

You mean in confession?
- Yeah.

I asked for the strength
to stop cheating on my husband.

- So aside from your sister
and Vince,

a priest also knew
about your affair?

- Yeah, he absolved me.

- Audrey, did you tell
the priest

that you were gonna leave
your door unlocked for Vince?

.

- So Audrey told a priest
in confession

that she was going to leave
her door unlocked?

I take it that we don't know
which priest that was?

- No.

But at the parish
that Saturday,

it would have been
one of two:

Father John Regis--
he's the church pastor--

or Father Ryan Duffy--
he's the associate pastor.

- We don't really think
it was a priest, do we?

I mean, maybe somebody
overheard.

- Well, that's why priests
speak softly.

Full disclosure, um,
Father Duffy and I

have been friends
since middle school.

Liv, I really don't see this.

- Wouldn't be the first time
we perp-walked a priest.

- Okay, we're all aware, Fin.

Uh, but this would be
a pretty big jump.

CSU found no prints,
semen, touch DNA,

nothing from the rape kit.

- Is it possible that--

that Father Regis
or Father Duffy

mentioned the affair
or, you know, the unlocked door

to--to somebody else?
Like, in passing?

- You mean gossip?
No.

That would be in violation
of the confessional seal.

- Somebody knew

that the door
would be unlocked, Carisi.

I--I know that this is
an uncomfortable conversation,

but--but somebody has to ask.

- This is about Audrey O'Neill,
isn't it?

Did you speak to her?
- Yeah.

Yeah I did.

Turns out she was raped.

- Oh, that poor woman.

Hope you were able to help her.

- We're investigating.

So far, our only lead
leads us here.

- I'm not sure I understand.

- The rapist knew

Audrey was gonna leave
her door unlocked

the night of the assault.
- I see.

- And as far as we can tell,

she didn't tell anyone else
she was gonna do that

except for a priest.

- I've already told you,
I--

- We're not asking
if you took her confession.

Is there any chance

that maybe somebody
overheard you

or you inadvertently shared
that information?

- Dominick...

even when we played
little league together,

remember?

I'd never share
our signs with anyone.

- This is not a game, Father.

- Let alone
confessional secrets.

I take this news
very seriously.

Look, whatever I can do
to help,

without breaking my vows.

- Okay, Father.

Where were you Friday night
around 9:30?

[tense music]

♪

- In my bedroom, reading.

- Can someone verify that?
- No, I was alone, door closed.

- Where was Father Regis?

♪

- Well, you'd have to ask him.

- Yes, I heard
about Mrs. O'Neill.

This city's getting worse.

I'm praying for her.

- Well, um, we need
more than that, Father.

- How can I help?

- We need to find out

if something
Audrey said in confession

might have been mentioned
to someone else.

- By the priest?
No, that's--

that's not possible.

If you read your catechism,
Sergeant,

you'd know
that no priest worth his faith

would ever repeat anything
outside of the confessional.

- We didn't mean intentionally.

We're all human.
Sometimes things slip.

- They do,
but not something like that.

I will reach out
to Mrs. O'Neill

and let her know
I'm here for her

if she needs counseling.

- Thank you, Father.
- Thank you.

- One more thing, Father.

Where were you at 9:30,
Friday night?

- Me?

I was in my room,
writing my Sunday homily.

- Alone?
- I'm a priest, detective,

not a rabbi or a minister.

Yes, we are alone in our rooms.

I wish you luck
finding this man.

Meantime, as I said,
I will be praying for her.

- Okay, so either Father Duffy
or Father Regis

could have taken
her confession.

- But neither one
can talk about it

because
of the confessional seal.

- Lucky for one of them.

- Do either one of them
have a good alibi?

- Not really.

But I checked with TARU,
and neither of their phones

left the rectory that night.

- That just means that
the rapist was smart enough

to leave the phone at home.

I hate to point to a priest,
but...

we don't have another suspect.

- It's not like either one's
gonna confess.

- Look, guys,
this may be a long shot,

but maybe--maybe we try
to catfish the priest.

We send in a UC
to confess to both priests

about being alone,
waiting for a lover...

- And see if one of them
takes the bait.

Got you, captain.
We're on it.

[suspenseful music]

♪

- Bless me, Father,
for I have sinned.

It has been three months
since my last confession.

In that time, I have been
cheating on my husband.

He's a kind man,
but I've met someone,

and I've been unable to control
my urges to be with him.

♪

I told my lover
to meet me again tonight.

I work at a gallery downtown
called Art Thou Mad.

There's a back room
where we could be

alone together after closing.

I gave him the security code
to the entrance.

Forgive me,
but I changed the code

to the day of Saint Dwynwyn.

I have prayed for the strength
to remain faithful,

but I know I won't
be able to tonight.

- Saint who?
- Dwynwyn.

The patron saint of lovers,
right?

- I figured both priests
would know it.

I made
the same confession twice.

Now what?
- We wait for the sinner.

- I got incoming.
Male, about six foot.

No visuals on his face,

but it looks
like he's punching in the code.

[lock buzzes]

- Copy that.
Standing by.

[tense music]

♪

- NYPD.
- Hands where we can see them.

- Don't shoot, don't shoot!

- Father Duffy.

- What--there--
this isn't how it looks.

- It looks bad, Father.

- I never would have hurt you.

- Put your hands
behind your back.

It's ring around
the collar time.

- [sighs]

Tell Dominick I'm sorry.

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- I used to tell myself

that unlike both my parents,

I had things under control.

That I--I was drinking
just up to the point,

but not past the point,
where I was drinking so much

that, God forbid,
I'd have to quit.

[chuckling]

I was not only ignoring
the damage

I was doing to myself,

but to my friends, family...

Others.

[quiet dramatic music]

♪

And by others, I mean women.

The list of women I hurt
trying to fill this...

bottomless hole mortifies me.

Including
my first real girlfriend.

And she was just a girl.

I met her
when I was 21 years old.

I was just about
to get kicked out of college.

Thank you for coming
to the meeting.

I know how busy you are.

- I'm glad that I came.

I could see you've done
a lot of work on yourself.

- Mm.
Still needs doing.

[chuckles]

First I dried out,
went back to therapy,

found these meetings.

You've already heard
most of my spiel,

but there is something
that I need for you to know.

However inappropriate it was--

and God knows you were right,

the age difference,
the power imbalance--

but, Olivia, I really was
in love with you.

- I was in love
with you, too, Burton.

But that--
- I know.

Doesn't make anything right.
I know, I know.

[phone buzzes]

- Sorry.

I'm--I'm sorry.
I have to go.

My squad just arrested a man
for rape.

- Hey.
- Detective Ruz did great.

Her confession
about being alone,

waiting on a lover--

that was all Duffy needed
to hear.

- Okay, did Father Duffy
say anything?

- He said it wasn't
what it looked like.

- Well, maybe it wasn't.
Maybe we should hear his side.

- His side?
He showed up on time.

He was dressed in black.

He used the security code.
He let himself in.

This is the same MO as Audrey.

- Okay, where is
Father Duffy now?

- Dominick, I wish
I could tell you

why I was there tonight,
but I can't.

- I'm not asking what you heard
in the confessional,

because I know what you heard.
- Yeah, I realize that now.

You sent in a detective
to take advantage

of the confessional booth?

- You want to know
who took advantage

of the confessional booth?

The priest that raped
Audrey O'Neill.

- I didn't assault
Audrey O'Neill.

And I wasn't
at that art gallery

to assault anyone tonight.

- Then why were you there,
Ryan?

- I've done nothing wrong.

- Well, then you better
get a lawyer.

- The diocese is sending one.

[tense music]

But I--I can't tell him
why I was there either.

- Ryan, you are swimming
in some dangerous,

unholy waters right now.

Now, we've been friends
for a long time.

I need you to listen to me.
- I need for you to believe me.

- I want to.
But I don't know how.

- Then pray for me.

- Counselor Carisi,
Father Duffy's lawyer's here,

and you shouldn't be.

Counselor...

[somber music]

♪

- You have my client
on trespassing at best.

But burglary
and attempted rape?

Father Duffy had no intention
to assault your detective.

- Uh-huh.

So why'd you break
into the gallery, Father?

You an art thief?
- Easy, Fin.

Just tell us
why you were there, Father.

Help yourself.
- I was concerned.

- Concerned about what?

- I wanted to make sure
the woman there was safe.

- How'd you even know
she was there?

- [sighs]
I can't answer that either.

- That line's getting old
real fast, man.

- There are edicts
that Father Duffy

is bound to oblige
under canon law.

He violates any one of those,

he faces excommunication
from the Church.

- And if he doesn't come
with a better story real soon,

he's gonna be indicted,
convicted, and sentenced.

That's his choice.

- Well, I'd--
I have to choose prison then.

- Well, suit yourself.

If you live long enough
to get out,

you'll be an ex-priest
and an ex-con.

- And this colloquy is over.

- I've known him
since we were kids, Liv.

He's--he's no rapist.

- We've all been blind-sided,
Carisi, right?

Sometimes people just aren't
who we--we thought they were

or hoped they were.
- Still...

- Why else was he there?

- There's only
one other possibility.

That he knows
who Audrey's rapist is,

and--and he thought
he was gonna strike again.

- Why wouldn't
he just tell us that?

[somber music]

♪

- Because the rapist
confessed to him.

.

- Father Duffy got arraigned.

That must have been tough
on Carisi.

- Just
on the trespassing charge.

Carisi'll have
to recuse himself

if this goes to a rape trial.
- But it won't.

Carisi thinks the actual rapist
confessed to Father Duffy.

- Ruz goes to confession.

She tells two priests
she'll be alone that night.

One priest shows up.
What am I missing?

- Maybe the other priest,
Father Regis.

Priests go to confession too.
- Right.

So Father Regis confesses
to Father Duffy

that he had the urge
to rape again.

- And Father Duffy shows up
at the gallery to intercede.

If Father Regis is the rapist,

then he has
a particular pattern.

How long has he been
at the parish?

- Three years.
But I checked

with the local precinct,
and there's no open rapes

on any married, Catholic women
during the timeframe.

- Priests do get transferred.

So find out where he was before

and see if there are
any unsolved rapes

at that parish.
- Copy that.

- Yes, I was raped
three years ago

when my husband
was out of town.

- Police report said
no forced entry.

- I kept a key hidden
under a statue

of the Virgin Mary on my stoop.

He must have found it.

But the detectives
didn't believe me

when I told them that.
- We're sorry.

We're here because we think

your rapist
may have struck again.

His pattern is attacking
married, Catholic women.

- Well, I'm not married
anymore.

I was having an affair.

Um, it came out
during the investigation.

The night of the rape,

I was expecting my boyfriend.

When my husband found out,
that was it.

- So before the assault,

did you tell anyone
about the affair?

Like, a family member
or a therapist?

- I couldn't tell anyone.

I was too ashamed.

- So not even a priest?

- Actually, I did confess
a few times.

- Do you know which priest
heard your confession?

- It's a small parish.

At the time,
it was Father Regis.

He's such a lovely man.
He even sent flowers.

- White lilies, by any chance?

- Yes.

You don't think
Father Regis...

[dramatic music]

That's impossible.

He's a priest.

- So another woman
who confessed to Father Regis

about an affair was raped?

- And Father Regis
was transferred

to your Hell's Kitchen parish
six weeks later.

Somebody in the church knew.

- Anything else?
- Yes.

He sent her white lilies
the next day.

- Just like Audrey.
Son of a bitch.

- Look, obviously,
nobody in the Church

is gonna let us talk
to Father Duffy

or Father Regis.

So the question is,
do we have enough?

- No.

And even if Father Duffy
breaks his vows,

that confession
wouldn't be admissible.

- So is the DA's office
gonna allow you

to take either one of them
to trial?

- As of now, no.

I gotta--
I gotta figure something out.

- Excuse me, Captain,

there's a Beverly Morrison
here to see you.

- Okay.
Did she say what it's about?

- No, but she seems
pretty upset.

- All right, bring her in.
Hi.

- Captain Benson.
- Yes, do I know you?

- No, no.
But I know all about you.

- Six months ago,
I was raped in a hotel room

that you had just been in.

The man who assaulted me
came to see me

to make amends last night.

And I recorded
the conversation.

- Okay.
Um, step into my office.

♪

- Saint Anthony.

Helping us to find
things that are lost.

- That he does.

Why are you here, Sonny?

You know I--
I can't talk to you.

- I'm here because--

'cause we've known each other
for a long time,

and I need your help.

- I already told you,
I--I can't.

- I'm not here as an ADA.

I'm here because I need
your help for myself.

I'm in crisis, Father.

I'm--I'm losing my faith,
and I don't want to.

- I want to help you.
But--

- Yeah.

Well, maybe Saint Anthony
can help us both.

And find a way
for you to tell me

why you were at the gallery
that night.

Tell me you were there
to stop a mortal sin.

- You must have
a different pipeline

to Saint Anthony than I, Sonny.

- We both know Father Regis
is guilty.

Audrey?
Other women?

How many more are out there,
Ryan?

- I don't know
what you want me to say.

- [sighs]
Ryan.

I was so proud of you
when you were ordained.

But taking the blame

for the sins
that Father Regis committed--

you're letting him choke you
with your own collar.

- I--I don't have a choice.
- Yes, you do.

And you and I both know
how our Church works.

He confessed to you.
You absolved him.

And now--
now they're gonna transfer him

to another poor parish
where he's gonna rape again.

- Sonny, are you still
asking a priest

to break his vows?
- No.

I'm asking you to look
into your heart.

I'm asking you to look
into your soul.

At what point do your vows
become more important

than your fellow human beings?

What if he rapes a child?
Huh?

Or he murders somebody.
Are you gonna absolve him then?

Let him keep doing
what he's doing?

Is that what you're gonna do,
Ryan?

- You swore to uphold the law.

I vowed to uphold a higher law.

- The God I believe in
would not sanction rape

to protect canon law.

- Are you asking me
to leave the order,

my calling,

to reveal
a confessional secret?

- Maybe I am, Ryan.

Because I believe that
if you stay silent right now,

on Judgement Day,
you'll answer to God for it.

[dramatic music]

♪

- I cannot tell you
what he's confessed to me.

But I can tell you

that he doesn't just confess
to priests.

- Olivia, come in.

I could have met you,

or come to your office.

- Uh, no, it's fine.
It just needed to be private.

- Oh.
- So you're living here?

- Yes.

My old agent's
pied-à-terre.

He's letting me stay here
while he's in Florida

as long as nobody knows.

Have a seat.
Something--something serious?

- Yeah, it is.

A woman named Beverly Morrison
came to see me.

- Beverly?

She's one
of my magazine editors, yeah.

I just made amends to her.

- Well, she doesn't see it
as amends, Burton.

She sees it as a confession.

She says that she forgives you,

but she wants justice.

She wants to press charges.

And she taped what you said.

- She taped my amends?

Is that legal?
- It is.

She also claimed
that she was too drunk

to give consent.

- How can she prove that?

- Well, she got a DUI

ten minutes after she left
your hotel room.

- She didn't mention that.

- So what happened, Burton?

- After you left
my hotel room that night,

I just kept drinking.

I called Beverly.

I said I needed
a friend to talk to,

so she came over.

We both just kept drinking.

- So what did you do?

- We had sex.

But I honestly don't remember
what happened.

- Well, she does.

Her side is that she was not
able to give consent.

- Two drunks in a room.

I don't know.

Was it "enthusiastic consent"?

Maybe "intoxicated
acquiescence"?

I don't actually know.

I asked her what I could do
to remedy the harm.

She said she didn't know.

- Well, she does now.

She wants you to go to prison.

♪

.

- And now you're apologizing,

and you think that that's
gonna make everything better.

Couldn't you tell

that I didn't want
that to happen?

- I couldn't.
I couldn't tell anything.

I swear.
I was so drunk.

I--
Is there anything I can do?

Anything.
- I don't know.

I just don't know.

- What did Burton say?

- He said he's gonna continue
practicing humility

and that he doesn't want
to defend himself.

He doesn't want to put
Beverly through a trial.

- Well, you know, technically,

you weren't even supposed to go
to Burton with this.

I'll--I'll talk to Beverly.

- Burton said that he's willing
to plead guilty to rape.

He's willing to do anything
to make this right, Carisi.

He--whatever that is.

- It's funny.
Father Duffy told me

almost the same thing.

- He's willing
to break his vows?

- No, but he pointed me
towards somebody else

Father Regis confides in.

- Well, when are we
gonna interview this person?

- We can't.
She's dead.

But he still confides in her.

[dramatic music]

♪

- Are we sure
Father Regis is showing up?

- Father Duffy told Carisi

he comes to his mother's
twice a week after lunch.

- His father killed his mother
when he was nine?

- He strangled her with a belt
in front of Regis

after he caught her cheating.

- No wonder he's got issues.

- Yeah, raping women
who cheat on their husbands,

I guess so.
- Here he comes.

- Lilies are in bloom.
Your favorite.

It's spring, Ma.

Oh, what's happened
since my last visit?

I was worried

they were coming after me
for Audrey,

but it looks
like Father Duffy's

gonna take the fall.

I confessed to him
what I did to Audrey.

But he can't tell anyone.

Nah, can't break the seal.

God leaves no sin unpunished.

You and Dad are
rotting in hell

for eternity.

But not me.

I'm--God absolved me already.

If he wanted me punished

for raping Audrey
and the others,

he would have done that
already.

So I guess...

I guess all this
is just God's will.

- John Regis, put your hands
behind your back.

- What the hell is this?
What--

Uh, you're arresting me?
For what?

- For the rape
of Audrey O'Neill.

- Based on what?
Did Father Duffy say so?

You know you can't use
anything he said.

That's inadmissible.

- No, you dimed on yourself.

We just recorded
every word you said.

- Father Regis pled guilty
to seven rapes

over the last decade.

- The Church
officially defrocked him.

- Good.
He was a stain on it.

- I'll still pray for him
and the victims.

Hopefully,
this gives them peace.

- I spoke to Audrey.

She's gonna move in
with her sister,

try to figure things out.

It's a lot,
but she still has her faith.

- I hope you do too, Sonny.

- I'm trying.

- Two priests,
one good, one bad.

Sounds like the kind of story
I'd do a podcast about

back when they let me
do podcasts.

- Carisi tells me that you've
accepted a plea deal.

- Sexual misconduct.

I go on the registry.
Six years' probation.

- Your lawyer's good with that?

- Oh, no, not at all.

He wanted to take this
to trial.

But that isn't why
I started this journey.

I told you.

I wanted to take responsibility
for my actions

and the harm
I've caused others.

I knew this wasn't
gonna be easy.

- I want to forgive you.

- You don't have to.

You were kind enough
to listen to me.

That means a lot.

- You got a long road
ahead of you, Burton.

All you can do is take it
one step at a time.

- Hope I make it.

[wolf howls]