 According to a detailed account by the memoirist Constantin Bacalbașa, the prosecutor Anton Arion actually ordered Safirin to vacate the building, and negotiated with him over several hours, until the bishop conceded defeat.At roughly the same time, Chiricescu was sacked from his teachers' job, his denunciation deemed an act of blackmail.In summer 1912, Safirin expatriated himself to Austria-Hungary, and lived at Brașov.