He still retains his religious faith even as a result of witnessing true horrors, and is one of the few members of Rick's group who still holds religious faith.

Roughly a year later, Gabriel claimed when meeting the survivors on the road that he left the church due to running out of food and supplies, though it is unknown if what he claims is the truth, as a church logically would not have such supplies, let alone enough to last for a year.

In this sense, Gabriel can also be classified as a hypocrite as he fails to see the irony that he is not a good person either and has also caused atrocities, although this could be seen as a self-serving act, him wishing to exile the only people in the world who know of his sins to secure his place in the community.