"Regarding comments attributed to me in the Los Angeles Times - allegedly made on a bus trip from Germany to Holland in 1998 - I emphatically denounce such comments as false"
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“Emphatically denounce” is courtroom language with revival-tent volume. For a televangelist figure, outrage becomes a credential: indignation reads as innocence to supporters primed to see secular media as adversarial. Notice what’s missing: there’s no alternative account, no “here’s what I actually said,” no invitation to examine evidence. The sentence is engineered to be repeated as a clean sound bite, a portable shield congregants can cite without reopening the scandal.
The subtext is reputational triage. Clergy-public figures trade on moral authority, so the charge isn’t merely that he misspoke; it’s that he is the kind of person who would. By declaring the comments “false,” he isn’t just disputing a quote. He’s asserting that his identity is incompatible with the allegation. The intent is to halt the spread, rally the faithful, and recast the episode as persecution rather than accountability.
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| Topic | Honesty & Integrity |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Crouch, Paul. (2026, January 16). Regarding comments attributed to me in the Los Angeles Times - allegedly made on a bus trip from Germany to Holland in 1998 - I emphatically denounce such comments as false. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/regarding-comments-attributed-to-me-in-the-los-115272/
Chicago Style
Crouch, Paul. "Regarding comments attributed to me in the Los Angeles Times - allegedly made on a bus trip from Germany to Holland in 1998 - I emphatically denounce such comments as false." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/regarding-comments-attributed-to-me-in-the-los-115272/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Regarding comments attributed to me in the Los Angeles Times - allegedly made on a bus trip from Germany to Holland in 1998 - I emphatically denounce such comments as false." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/regarding-comments-attributed-to-me-in-the-los-115272/. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.






