What was brutality? If anyone in the room had been asked that question the day before, their answers would likely vary. That was no longer the case. What Desmond had done to Erigard was the very definition of brutality.
Erigard didn't even look like a human being when Desmond was done with him. The bishops have a hard time resisting their nausea at the macabre sight in front of them. However, the worst was that everyone could see that Erigard was still breathing; Though unable to even utter a single moan, Erigard was still alive.
Although to say that he was still alive might be an understatement, Erigard should wish for death in his current state. He had just missed the opportunity to beg for it.
The visitors to the church weren't insisting that this stop; at this point, it didn't make sense anymore. Everyone was still very uncomfortable with the way things ended; They didn't know it wasn't over.