The solution found by Father Eustáquio's superiors was to remove him from the parish of Poá-SP starting on May 13, 1941. The civil and religious authorities determined his exile to a farm in the city of Rio Claro-SP, and the change of his name to Father José, which he accepted, demonstrating obedience and humility.

Discovered, he went to other places. His refuge then became the convent of the priests in Patrocínio-MG, in what was then the D. Lustosa Gymnasium, starting on October 13, 1941. After that, before leaving for the capital of Minas Gerais, he was sent as a provisional parish priest to the city of Ibiá-MG, where he didn't even complete two months, but he left behind the project for the Santa Casa (Holy House) that today bears his name. After his arrival in Ibiá, the entire surrounding area of Araxá, São Gotardo, Campos Altos, Tiros, Pratinha… sought him out.