Absolution 1978 At a Catholic public school, Benjamin Benjie Stanfield Dominic Guard is tired of being the teachers pet and decides to play a practical joke on his form master Father Goddard Richard Burton In confession, Stanfield tells Goddard that he has accidentally murdered his friend Blakey Sir Billy Connolly and buried him in the forest When Goddard investigates the matter, he finds a buried scarecrow Goddard is outraged, but, due to the seal of confession, he knows he cannot expel Stanfield Shortly after, Stanfield once again enters the confession booth, telling Goddard that what before was a practical joke, he has now made happen In disbelief, Goddard once again goes to the forest to investigate the matter This time, he discovers Blakeys dead body The plot soon thickens as Stanfields fellow student Arthur Dyson David Bradley mysteriously disappears