His trial, according to Richard Greenleaf, "was carried on without legal irregularities and the cacique was convicted upon ample evidence of being a heretical
dogmatizer." Nonetheless, Zumarraga was replaced by Inquisitor Tello de Sandoval who "became interested in paganism and religious syncretism in the wider context."(58) In order to maintain the security of religion, the Inquisitors of New Spain had to be willing to accept people where they were.