Professional Investigators International dared to dream a very big dream, which was that they could continue to help shine the light of truth into some very dark places.
They hoped to be able to raise enough funds that they could pursue investigations into cases of abuse, free of charge to victim-survivors, and without binding confidentiality agreements with organizations which were not willing to let the truth be told about abuse that had occurred within their groups or locations.
Today, Pii and the PiiSafe Foundation have announced that they have had to suspend all their activities and efforts, due to being unable to obtain the funding they needed to freely pursue their vision, with no strings attached.
This is a sad day for those of us who continue in our feeble efforts to expose abuse and cover-up, specifically in the New Tribes Mission environment.
Here is the announcement made today by Pii and the PiiSafe Foundation:
"To Our Friends and Colleagues,
Over the past 5 years, Professional Investigators International has set the standard in abuse investigations. Pii has tirelessly and fearlessly sought the truth with no agenda and allowing no outside influence.
With the exception of the ABWE/Donn Ketcham Investigation, much of the investigative truth discovered was unable to be released publicly by Pii due to binding confidentiality agreements. Therefore, Pii’s work and findings remain in the arbitrary hands of the organizations that hired Pii. To date, nothing has come forward, resulting in the appearance that the organizations and their legal counsel were more determined to protect themselves than they were to help the victims they were complicit in abusing.
Because of these years-long obfuscations, Pii decided that, in order to be free to release Pii’s findings of truth according to the Standards of Evidence to the public, Pii needed to seek its own funding, and thus, the PiiSafe Foundation was organized. Providing a way to accept donations to continue the work was the only way to be fully able to help victim-survivors know, and then deal with, the truths at hand. That level of funding never came.
It is, therefore, with great sadness that Professional Investigators International and the PiiSafe Foundation are suspending all activities moving forward.
Pii would like to thank all those who shared the vision of the Pii team in trying to bring to light the abuse and injustice that has occurred in the lives of so many victim-survivors and in some cases, the falsely accused. The hearts of the Pii team will forever be with those individuals with whom the team shared tears during the investigations completed and also with those whom our organization was not yet able to help.
God bless you.
Sincerely,
Linda Davis
Professional Investigators International - President
PiiSafe Foundation - Founder"
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