I disagree with you somewhat: you ARE more knowledgeable, in that you now know that you cannot be certain of the facts presented by a single source, which itsel

I disagree with you somewhat: you ARE more knowledgeable, in that you now know that you cannot be certain of the facts presented by a single source, which itself is information (the information that some of your information is unreliable). This is an early foray into the famous known/unknown quip (in other words, watch out for unknown unknowns). The priest balances the various pieces of information and their uncertainty to make his final moral judgement, and it is more accurate than if he had only heard one of the stories.