2. The Consoler

Complete story — includes the ending

Detectives Goren and Eames investigate the apparent suicide of the devout Theresa Esperna (Elia Monte-Brown), an employee at the Salerno Bank who was processing the settlement accounts of the Catholic Church's abused victims. The detectives initially suspect her killer as Monsignor McTeal ( Neal McDonough ) with whom she had a sexual relationship which caused her immense personal conflict. Although the Monsignor does good works for the Church, consoling abused women, starting soup kitchens, orphanages and cancer wards he regularly breached his vow of chastity. Further investigation reveals that Esperna apparently redirected a $2.7mil payout meant for Alice Garvey (Mary B. McCann) to a secret trust however it was in fact her co-worker Johnny Apreda ( Jon Prescott ). He stole the money because he had been molested by a priest as a child and only received a meagre payout and killed Esperna to cover up his theft. This is the first episode in which Goren starts compulsory therapy sessions with Dr. Paula Gyson ( Julia Ormond ).