Exactly, this is the story of a highly evolved powerful soul. The mother could have never accomplished what the child did. She used him to his detriment, and he was smart enough to know it.

He also knew that he had done wrong, and spent the rest of his days making amends. This is the story of a spriritual master.

It is the same power. The power of the light can be used positivly or negativly, for good or evil. He would have had to have done a lot to correct the first misdeeds. Not every one has such ability, no matter how hard they might try.

In a sense he was an innocent because he was doing it to please his mother who had filled him with a desire for revenge.