Gradually Gerhoh adopted a stricter ecclesiastical attitude, and eventually withdrew (1121) from the simoniacal Bishop Hermann, and took refuge in the monastery of Raitenbuch in the Diocese of Freising. After the Concordat of Worms (1122) Bishop Hermann was reconciled with the legitimate pope, Callistus II, whereupon Gerhoh accompanied the bishop to the Lateran Council of 1123.
Gerhoh gradually adopted a stricter ecclesiastical approach and eventually left (1121) Bishop Hermann, who was simoniacal. He sought refuge in the monastery of Raitenbuch within the Diocese of Freising. After the Concordat of Worms (1122), where Bishop Hermann reconciled with Pope Callistus II, Gerhoh joined him at the Lateran Council of 1123.