Father John Sullivan

Today's newspaper lists the names of the eight Quarrymen who have been missing since Monday night. The Quarrymen organization is now offering a reward for information on their current whereabouts; a princely sum. Reading the article, Father John Sullivan has no doubt that many phone calls and false leads have been received already.

The poor of his parish could use the reward money, but he does not call the number; he keeps silent, for the sake of innocents below. But now that he knows the dead men's names, he dons his vestments again and says another Mass for their souls.