Peter Janci Quotes of the Day Nov 11, 2019

The following quotes are from the twitter feed of Peter Janci @pbjanci Abuse lawyer / advocate; Citizen / community contributor /perplexed politico @ PDX; Christian / husband / family member / friend @ core. 

Churches engaged in bare knuckles litigation against #churchtoo abuse victims are making a choice (or allowing their attorneys and insurers to choose for them): reputation over reconciliation; healthy bank balance over victims’ healing; corporate preservation over congregation.

— Peter Janci (@pbjanci) September 4, 2019

Telling yourself lies about the importance of “stewardship” or “due process” or the “real motives” of the “undeserving” victim or the technical legal defenses — that all may delude your conscience, but it will not save the “soul” of your church.

— Peter Janci (@pbjanci) September 4, 2019

Church leaders cannot re-traumatize victims throughout the business week and then effectively reflect humility, love, grace and redemption at weekend services. #churchtoo

— Peter Janci (@pbjanci) September 4, 2019

How Not to Fix Abuse: (1) Ignore/deny plight of victims as long as possible; then, (2) Wage marginalizing/distracting culture war; (3) Wring hands about minor challenges of meaningful reforms; (4) Embrace internal investigations unsuited for damning evidence; (5) Run out the ⏰.

— Peter Janci (@pbjanci) June 12, 2019