sentences:  Hermano Pule immediately sent a letter to Archbishop José Seguí in Manila rebuking the acts of the Tayabas friars, and accusing them of beatings and threatening the excommunication of "cofradía" members.He also challenged the friars' authority to perform such acts because the aims of the "cofradía" were never against the Catholic faith.On January 29, 1841, Pule sent a letter to the Bishop of Nueva Cáceres restating that the "cofradía" was not against canon law.