Re: Co8 8.1.0 bugs Here is the two fixed dialogue files; I replayed the quest from the beginning, and it did fix the problem.
I just tried these files and the quest worked, but the player must not mess up the order of first engaging the stewards in normal dialogue and THEN using magical coercion. In an earlier attempt, I magically coerced one the stewards before talking to him normally. Panathaes would not appear. I tried to do it over with the same steward, normal then magical, but afterwards Panathaes would still not appear. I didn't save this game, but it seems from the dialogue responses that messing up the order caused the global flag variables to set incorrectly. The two stewards should ultimately tell the same story: who did it, are the children alive, etc.
Remember, TemplePlus exists and is in active development. These fixes would be good to have for everyone! Make a post there with a link to your stuff!