A mentally impaired man whose mother has a mysterious past runs into trouble with the police, and a simple identity check fails to reveal their identity. The very elderly mother dies, and the post-mortem reveals sensational findings. After a leak, the press are curious and frantic to obtain more on the post-mortem results. As a consequence, the police panic and redouble their efforts to find out who the pair really are, leading to an in-depth international search which traces the mother and son's origins to a foreign country. Finally, the publicity leads to an international diplomatic dispute over accusations of severe physical abuse within the Church in the 1970s. Finally, it is revealed that there has been a long-term cover-up by senior Church members, and sensational revenge is taken by others who suffered the same abuse.