Back at the station, another call had come in to report another body had been found. As JJ and Talia made their way into the station they bumped into Hotch and Rossi as they made their way out to the latest crime scene. Talia gave a quick update on their visit to the church, with a few sly comments from JJ as she emphasised that he had promised to give 'Tallulah' a call if he thought of anything that could help. Finishing with a wink at Talia's disgruntled expression, she shared a smile with the senior agents.

'It's a shame he couldn't give us anything else, perhaps we'll see something at the new victim's house that will give us a clue. Other than that, JJ I want you and Reid to head over to speak with the other families and see what you can find out about each victim. There has to be something we're missing.' Hotch paused for a second as he thought to himself, before turning to Talia. 'You grew up with these people, take some time to look through the case notes again. See if anything jumps out at you that maybe you hadn't considered before, the latest victim is Joanna Hardy. Maybe with her name added in you'll notice something? We'll let you know as soon as we find something.'

Waving goodbye, the girls headed inside to the rest of the team. JJ filled Reid, Morgan and Garcia in on their conversation with Father Reginald and then headed out with Reid to see what they could find out from the families. Garcia had pulled a preliminary file on the newest victim already and Morgan made some fresh coffee while Talia sat herself down at the nearest desk and took a deep, steadying breath. She knew these people – there had to be something that connected them… something she was missing… She pulled the case files towards herself and stared at them for a moment before looking up at the board. Before they'd arrived back someone had added Joanna's name to the list of victims. Grabbing the coffee Morgan had just placed in front of her, Talia stood and stared at the names willing something to jump out from a long forgotten memory. Anything.

'I just don't get it, the only things they have in common other than the usual links from living in such a small town is the church. They were all really involved; I'm not sure about more recently but when I was growing up they were all on the …' Talia just stopped mid-sentence, completely unaware of the confused look Morgan was giving her as she stared at the board.

As Morgan watched, waiting for her to finish her sentence, he saw realisation, horror and resignation flash across her face among others. She had realised something big, and he had a feeling that it was something that would be the key to the case – he just didn't realise quite how important it would be. Concerned as Talia practically fell back into her chair, dropped her head into her hands and groaned, pulling at her hair slightly; Morgan joined her at the desk and placed a gentle hand on her shoulder.

Startling slightly, Talia looked up at her fellow agent in surprise. She'd been lost in her thoughts, her memories. There was no doubt in her mind why the attacks were happening now, and she knew exactly who would be targeted next, and of course, she knew who the UNSUB was. As she closed her eyes to centre herself before explaining her theory, the banging of the station doors opening as the rest of the team returned and she paused as they regrouped around her.

'… nothing, well nothing we didn't already know at least.' JJ reported, disappointed that they hadn't got any further as Talia finally zoned in to the conversation.

'The scene was the same as all the others, and told us just as much.' Rossi shook his head. 'Did you find anything here while we were gone?'

Morgan stayed silent, simply turning to look at Talia expectantly. She sighed, keeping a blank mask on her face, here goes nothing.

'I know who's doing it, and I know why.' Talia looked over at the Police Chief, Chief Dawson, who had headed over and heard her speak, and nodded at him. 'Fifteen years ago, one of the older girls from the church choir, Carolynn Stanford, made some accusations against Father Reginald. She reported that he had been sexually abusing her over a period of two years. There wasn't any evidence found to support her claims, and Father Reginald was a very well respected key member of the community. To say the least, the town was outraged on his behalf.'

'Why on earth didn't you tell us this before?!' Hotch asked in shock, the rest of the team seemed equally surprised by the new information. Morgan in particular seemed to have frozen in place as he listened, his eyes alight with a flame of anger.

'Part of me blocked it out, I was fifteen at the time and it was quite a traumatic situation.' Tatia stated, shrugging her shoulders slightly despite the slight stiffening in her stance which only worsened when Chief Dawson joined in.

'Yeah, it was a tough time for the rest of the kids you know. With those accusations, people might've though the same thing had happened to them. Of course the whole thing was cleared up pretty quickly, especially since Talia here and a couple of her friends put in statements to vouch for the good Father.

'Exactly,' Talia interrupted in a slightly exasperated tone before Dawson could continue. 'And besides, after the case had been dropped the town was outraged by her lies and essentially shunned her. She was ex-communicated and disowned by her family. Carolynn had a history of telling lies, about various things, but of course this was the worst.'

Talia sighed slightly and shook her head. 'So she was forced to leave town basically, and since she was 18 she moved to a nearby town where she had some distant family. And that's where she stayed as far as I was aware – I mean I've never heard of her trying to come back home?' At that she turned questioningly to Dawson who looked slightly uncomfortable.

'Actually, she did come back around 6 months ago… She made up with her folks, and admitted to lying all those years ago. She apologised to her family, and she apologised to Father Reginald himself. It can still be tense at times, and obviously when she visits now she doesn't go to church. But she comes by every couple months or so to visit with her parents. She seemed… happy I guess… happy to be back in touch with everyone. I guess if you're right, then she had another reason altogether…' He trailed off looking lost.

Nodding at him, Talia put a comforting hand on his shoulder before continuing. 'Yes, it wold appear that she came back with some kind of vengeance on her mind – the victims so far were all on the committee that disproved her allegations, and made the decision to ex-communicate and send her away. Our UNSUB is Carolynn Stanford and there are only three people left from that committee that will be her next targets. We need to round up Katie Samuel, Father Reginald, and Maria Snow, before she comes back for the next victim.'

As Talia was talking, Morgan was getting more and more agitated. She spoke with such little emotion, her face practically blank apart from the occasional glimpse of exasperation and impatience. Once the team had dispersed slightly to discuss who would be going to collect who, Morgan took a moment to get some fresh air. This case just got a whole lot worse in his mind. Once the red haze had lifted slightly, he returned inside only to find he had been paired with Talia to go and retrieve Father Reginald and Maria, who happened to be Talia's mother. They would both be at the church at this time of day. Rossi and JJ were going to pick up Katie from her home on the other side of town. Perfect.

The car ride to the church was so tense Talia was finding it difficult to breath – although the stress probably had something to do with that too if she thought about it. Finally, a couple of minutes in, Morgan snapped.

'What the hell was that?'

'Excuse me?' Talia glanced over incredulously. 'What was what?'

'You know what – the way you told that story. As if you couldn't be bothered dealing with any of this. You can't seriously still believe she was lying about it?!' Morgan was practically bouncing in his seat as he barked his question at her.

'I know what happened Morgan. The past is the past, I wasn't particularly planning on revisiting it.' Talia replied, keeping her focus fixed determinedly on the road.

'Seriously? You know what happened do you? Were you always there? I don't believe you – this isn't like the Talia I've gotten to know over the last year. If you honestly believe that someone would go to this level of revenge for something that wasn't even true… Is that seriously what you're telling me?!' Morgan was furious, especially when she ignored the question completely. 'And you were one of the reasons why it all went away aren't you – you and your little statement. I'm surprised you haven't thought that maybe you and your friends aren't going to be targeted after that stunt.'

Morgan scoffed to himself as she continued with her ice queen façade and the pure silence, ignoring every word he said. He knew he was being somewhat irrational over the statement. She had been a 15 year old girl then, and probably drawn in by an upstanding member of the community. But he knew what it was like to suffer at the hands of someone that everyone else saw as a hero. And for Carolynn to have built up the courage to come forward, to seek help… and just be punished for it… He was furious on her behalf. He couldn't bear to look at Talia anymore.