Frédéric, a congregation elder who was asked to study with the boy, relates: “I commended Rico because such opposition indicated that he had been courageous enough to express his faith. ”
Frederikut, një plaku kongregacioni, iu kërkua të studionte me djalin. Ai tregon: « E lavdëroja Rikon duke i thënë se përderisa e përndiqnin, do të thoshte se e kishte shprehur me guxim besimin. »