On the surface, Lila Young (Susan Clark) and her husband William (Peter MacNeill) are devout Christians pursuing their calling of helping young, unwed expectant mothers deliver their babies at the Ideal Maternity Home in Chester, Nova Scotia during the 1930s and 1940s.

The medical community, however, is very skeptical about the safety of the procedures being conducted by Lila and the care being given to babies born at the Home.

Skepticism soon becomes intense scrutiny when a routine delivery results in the death of a young mother and her baby.

The babies that are born premature or unhealthy are poorly cared for and unceremoniously buried in wooden butter boxes if they die.

The Youngs are out of business at the end of this shocking true story, but their years of illegally selling and burying babies makes it impossible to determine the extent of their atrocities to this day.