... I suspect you're correct that the Viscount's sympathy to the Church would essentially make this a government matter, and involve the military. -Whoa, whoa, whoa! One thing to remember is that once it's been demonstrated to the villagers (including the clergy) that they got suckered...
Keewp doing it over and over until you got what you wanted. Sure she had put money in there and sure she had debited her account at every store in town, but she seemed to think that it would automatically replace itself. This is how the redodo's became extinct! Etymology: Redo (...