By " not being tolerated", I meant the priest who got influence over Mrs Rice the time her husband died, made her think the books could not be tolerated by the Catholic Church, although all but the last in The Vampire Chronicles flirts with Catholicism IMHO, and Lestat searches his faith constantly (except in the first book where Louis searches his faith), and The Mayfair Witches is a catholic family. I do recommend them, even without the religious musings, and those are not overwhelming. I think you would like them.
I find it sad that such an intelligent fantasy was "banned". But I don´t know, it might only have been that priest; not all of the church. I dare say there might be a list somewhere.
I agree with how you differ between how Mrs Rice and Mrs Virtue acted, Gregory