TEXT: "The Priest in the Churchyard" [SCENE_BREAK] (EXT: Churchyard cemetery. BRENNAN, ZACK and FATHER MATT are walking through it) FATHER MATT: This cemetery has been connected to our parish for almost 200 years. At 3AM the water main broke. Felt like an earthquake. Coffins were bursting out of the ground. (he winces) BRENNAN: Are you alright? FATHER MATT: I've had some stomach problems lately... this isn't helping. The last person was buried here over fifty years ago, I don't know how you're gonna figure out who's who. BRENNAN: With burial records, identification should be pretty straightforward. (she crouches down to a coffin) Alright, let's see. Female, forty to fifty years old, severe osteoporosis. Dress and jewellery place burial around the late 19th century. (spots another skeleton) This one's in pieces. FATHER DONLAN: What's going on here? Lorraine said you're giving them church records. FATHER MATT: The burial records, Father, so they can identify and re-inter the remains. FATHER DONLAN: Those records are my responsibility, Father Sands. You're to go through me before allowing their release. FATHER MATT: I'm sorry, Father, I saw no harm in it. FATHER DONLAN: I still run this parish. FATHER MATT: I understand. (BRENNAN approaches them holding a skull) FATHER DONLAN: I'm Father William Donlan. FATHER MATT: This is Dr Brennan, from the Jeffersonian, and this is... FATHER DONLAN: They can't speak for themselves? ZACK: I'm Dr. Addy. Are you one of those priests who smacks school children with rulers? FATHER DONLAN: That's not allowed anymore. BRENNAN: We do need those burial records, Father, and since this is a federally protected historic site... FATHER DONLAN: Fine. But I'll expect you two to show some respect for where you are. This is consec
SUMMARY:
Brennan and Zack examine corpses, which have been spilled out of their coffins, due to a burst water main in an old cemetery on the St. Agatha church grounds. However, as they identify the individual bodies to be put back in their proper place, they find one skeleton that is out of place. Father Donlan, who runs the church, says all these bodies had been buried for at least 50 years and yet Brennan believes one of them was buried five years ago with no coffin. When it is confirmed the deceased was murdered, Booth and Brennan investigate the priests and administrator of the church and argue about the validity of religion.