A determined effort was made to force the priest to recant, and when this failed Leyba leaped upon him, kicking and beating him.

He then ordered him thrown down face uppermost, and asked for a knife with the apparent intention of mutilating him.

He did not use the knife, however, but instead, assisted by his followers, gave the unhappy priest another terrific beating, even standing upon him and leaping up and down.

The priest was left unable to speak, and did not recover for months.
Later Leyba had torture by water applied to Father Gregorio Cabrero and lay brother Venancio Aguinaco, while Father Sabanda was savagely beaten.
On the 19th of September Father Miguel Garcia of Reina Mercedes was horribly beaten in his _convento_ by a captain sent there to get what money he had.
In Cauayan, on September 20, Fathers Perez and Aguirrezabal were beaten and compelled to give up money by five emissaries of Leyba, and the latter priest was cut in the face with a sabre.

The _convento_ was sacked.