After the arrest of a few members of the Presbyterian Church on charges of providing refuge for Shih, the Church issued an internal statement approving the stand of its clergyman as "showing concern for the country's future and the people's welfare with matchless courage and love."
在少數長老教會人士因涉嫌藏匿逃犯被捕之後，長老教會對內發表了一個信函，信中有一段稱許這位牧師：［以無比的勇氣與愛心關懷國家的前途與同胞的命運」。