The Horned God was not evil, originally. Redemption attempts are encouraged, and perhaps there are some people with the old knowledge still around.
It might be that only an Eclectic could successfully subvert and reveal the inner cult; those Thrice-Bound Oaths are a pretty good guarantee of loyalty. Where to get one when you need him?
Even if the Consortium is evil (I sort of hope that you agree with me that it is, although the game works swimmingly either way), Thomas Conne might be just intellectually lazy and/or fanatical. What if his goals are a good idea?
An original motivation for including this chapter was that I didn’t have room for the witchcraft magic item creation rules in the Witchcraft chapter. Do reintegrate if you want, or steal the Secret in play and return it where it belongs.