 After strong pressure from the Governor and their family and friends, five of the nine recanted, but Johnson, Cutler, Brown and Wetmore, refused to change their decision, and were expelled from their positions at Yale and their Congregational ministries.Johnson along with the others left the colony in order to seek ordination in the Church of England.As one of the now famous "Great Apostates" he was greeted warmly by the Church and University establishment.