Wetterleuchten über dem Zillertal

The forester Auer is found killed on Sunday in the forest and the police begins a feverish search for the culprit Only pastor Gruber already knows who it is It is Hannes Reyer son of the richest farmer in the region who has confessed the act of murder to him Gruber however is bound to his obligation to secrecy But when the young Ernst Nortinger is arrested under suspicion for murder he knows what he has to do and relinquishes his priestship in order to report Hannes to the police But things dont get so far as Hannes dies in an accident during an altercation with the priest Nonetheless Gruber does not return to his office In quiescence he wants to find out whether he still can handle the burden of the priesthood Senior pastor Bachmayer however is convinced that he will return