It will come back strongly - the harder you prune something, the harder it comes back (if it has any vigour in it). From what I understand, it's a bit of a myth you can kill something by hard pruning - unless it's dying anyway. If it's a strong and healthy plant, the response to cutting it back will be to generate as much growth as possible. So watch is go!
Meantime, I still don't think the mould on the fruit will relate to the pruning habits. I imagine it's hard to ventilate any fruit easily inside, even with the door open. But keep your eye out for the fruit and try and cut back the leaves around it so that it gets as much air as possible.
H