sentences:  The authorities arrested 243 "cofradía" members and confiscated their cash box, two large portraits of Pule stylized as a saint, and Pule's letters to the "cofradía".The Spanish "alcalde mayor" (provincial governor) of Tayabas, Don Joaquín Ortega, whose wife was a member of the "cofradía", ordered the release of the prisoners, reasoning that it was an ecclesiastical matter.Afterwards, in early 1841, the "cofradía" transferred to Majayjay, hometown of "Purgatorio" de San Jorge.