Depend on your belief I guess.How is this not just murder? He's clearly sentient and he's not filled with murderous intent. What makes him any different from a harpy or dullahan? This is supposed to make Cecilia look saintly but it kinda just makes all of them look like assholes.
He is undead. He's already dead, and isn't supposed to linger around the living.
Harpy and dullahan are living.