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Case №144Friday, August 21, 2026Classified

Communion in Bad Faith

St. Brendan's Church, Caldmere

The Briefing

Eighty-one-year-old Edna Parrish handed over her savings to a woman she believed was a diocesan representative — but the diocese has no record of anyone by that name ever working for them.

Persons of Interest

Everyone has something to hide.

Grace Delisle, Church Secretary / Organist, St. Brendan's Church in Caldmere
Grace Delisle
Church Secretary / Organist, St. Brendan's Church

54. Operational backbone of St. Brendan's. Organized, opinionated, warm in a controlling way. Plays the organ beautifully. Biggest gossip in Caldmere — frames it as 'pastoral concern.'

Dr. Abena Osei, Professor of Marine Biology, Bellwick University in Caldmere
Dr. Abena Osei
Professor of Marine Biology, Bellwick University

The university's rising star. Published, grant-funded, and absolutely relentless. Direct, impatient, principled. Her students worship her; her colleagues resent her.

Callie Rourke, Graduate Student / TA, Bellwick University in Caldmere
Callie Rourke
Graduate Student / TA, Bellwick University

Liang's star pupil and the department's unofficial fixer. Smart, ambitious, and increasingly aware that her mentor isn't who she thought he was.

The Accusation

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