Summoned to a covent Dr. Martha Livingstone a court-appointed psychiatrist is charged with assessing the sanity of a young novitiat accused of murdering her newborn. Miriam Ruth the Mother Superior determindly keeps young Agnes from the doctor arousing Livingstone's suspicions further. Who killed the infant and who fathered the tiny victim? Livingstone's questions force all three women to re-examine the meaning of faith and the power of love leading to a dra