forward method in dispatch:beforeException event function does not trigger continuation of dispatcher loop

This is a sample dispatcher service registered with set method of \Phalcon\DI\FactoryDefault:

$eventsManager = new \Phalcon\Events\Manager();

$eventsManager->attach(
    "dispatch:beforeDispatchLoop",
    function (\Phalcon\Events\Event $event, $dispatcher) {

        throw new \Phalcon\Exception("Some unhandled exception.");
    }
);

$eventsManager->attach(
    "dispatch:beforeException",
    function($event, $dispatcher, $exception) {

        $dispatcher->forward(
            array(
                'controller' => 'error',
                'action'     => 'e404',
            )
        );

        return false;
    }
);

$dispatcher = new \Phalcon\Mvc\Dispatcher();

$dispatcher->setEventsManager($eventsManager);

return $dispatcher;

Expected Behaviour: After exception has been thrown, trigger dispatch:beforeException and handle dispatcher forward method invocation.

Actual Behaviour: After exception has been thrown,dispatch:beforeException event was triggered, but dispatcher forward method invocation is not handled.

Is this to be expected? I assume this has something to do with the Dispatcher Loop flag attribute _finished not evaluating to FALSE after invoking the forward method?

Is there a workaround to achieve the expected behaviour?