Yeah i know, i admit i generalized the situation quite a bit. I mean, i hate religious zealots, because to me they don't only hurt people with the most stupid reason but they too take hostage the beliefs of people, but here the inquisitors after the little story about the patrem inquisitor from torque i understood that there was a time ( and you can see it even now ) that witches ruled with iron hand and torque and co truly seem to care for the people.
Bottom line reasons here are complex like real life, this is a huge point for the author.