Swamped

You decide to go low.

"And is there anybody around here who can definitively speak for the church?"

"What is that supposed to mean?" he asks angrily.

"Well, you don't seem to be talking with any official backing as far as I can see. You can't actually drag the director off to trial or whatever, can you?"

He doesn't say anything, but he doesn't say it very pointedly.

"So why are you hanging around here instead of reporting whatever you've found to the nearest church authority? That's what I'm trying to understand."

"Because the director should have a chance to repent!" Jeremy shouts. "To confess her sins and let the world see how she has been ruined by them! Even a heretic deserves that courtesy."

You're pretty sure he doesn't know anything about courtesy. But it gives you a clearer angle on him - he wants a confession. In your experience, people who want confessions don't usually care about whether or not they're true.

"And what sins are we talking about here? Is it a sin to extend hospitality to humans?"

"Not in itself. But hospitality can be offered for sinful purposes."

You don't think you can stand much more of this guy. Maybe you should just stop holding back the sandrunner.

Before you do that, though, you suppose you should at least make some effort to find a more productive approach.