Fix type confusion with exceptions in AP handling (resolves #796)

What does this PR do?

Fixes a type confusion bug where exceptions are incorrectly returned instead of thrown. The calling code will attempt to process the Error as an Activity, causing it to fail with cryptic and confusing errors.

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