When a small-town preacher gives in to his lust for young girls, things are fine for a while. Then the preacher learns that some of his conquests have been talking about their relationship with him, something they had promised him they would never do. To save his reputation, and maybe his life, the preacher man resorts to violent acts to silence their mouths. One conquest is killed and fed to the alligators to keep her quiet. A young boy is killed, simply because he told the preacher's daughter about the rumors concerning her dad. And a house is burned down to silence the mouth of a mother that found out that her daughter was having an affair with the preacher man. Then the preacher finds out that his own daughter has told the police on him. As his world crumbles around him, the preacher man begins to wonder what to do about that.