Global survivors respond to Pope’s reversal on Rupnik case
Case shows why Zero Tolerance must be mandated by canon law
ECA members representing 25 countries on 5 continents hold signs demanding a Zero Tolerance law for sexual abuse in the Catholic Church on Thursday, 28 September, 2023 (SIMONE PADOVANI/ECA)
After sustained pressure over the past year, the Pope announced earlier today that he is finally waiving the statute of limitations in the […]
Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA) is a worldwide organization of human rights’ activists and survivors from over 21 countries and 5 continents who focus on children’s and victims’ rights to compel the Church to end clerical abuse, especially child sexual abuse, in order to protect children and to seek effective justice for victims.
ECA demands the end of the Church’s structural mechanism that allows abuse.
HISTORY OF ECA
Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA) is a new effort that began in August, 2017, in Washington DC from an idea of Barbara Blaine. She asked, “Can we put together a team of clergy abuse activists from all parts of the world to confront the pope and the Vatican?” “Can we show our unity of purpose and no longer be isolated voices?” A group of activists answered positively and Barbara called it The Accountability Project or TAP. Barbara was planning a TAP meeting in Poland for November, 2017, when she died suddenly in September…
HOW YOU CAN HELP
ECA, Ending Clergy Abuse is a new initiative and it is still in formation. Word is getting out and our base is growing. Even within this short amount of time we see that our impact is tangible. We envision a global network of activists united in the common cause of ending clergy abuse. With your support we can do our part to make the world safer for children and redress the wrongs already committed.
ECA is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation.
Tom Doyle Overview of the Catholic Church presented at the New Zealand Royal Commission Into Abuse in Care
The most famous and respected Canon Law expert whistle-blower on earth gives his explanation as to the entire structure of the church. This should be compulsory reading for all advocates and survivors trying to understand the catastrophe of child sex [...]
ECA GLOBAL NEWS UPDATES – SUMMER 2023
ECA GLOBAL NEWS UPDATES - SUMMER 2023. CLICK HERE
Ten years after becoming Pope, why has Francis yet to make zero tolerance a universal church law?
(Photo Credit) Pope Francis leaves at the end of the Mass of Saint Peter and Paul at the Vatican, June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Remo Casilli. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 03-13-2023 When Jose Bergolio became Pope ten years ago, he vowed [...]
Vatican abuse investigators begin audit of secretive Catholic society.
AP REPORT: JULY 26, 2023: LIMA, PRU. Archbishop Charles Scicluna and Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu are the “Van Helsing of pedophiles within the Catholic Church,” said Pedro Salinas, a Peruvian journalist and ECA Member. Two key Vatican investigators have begun an [...]
Pope’s chief architect of abuse policy quits; global survivors respond.
Hans Zollner, ayer en Roma.ANTONELLO NUSCA. ZOLLNER: FRANCIS'S KEY OVERSIGHT AND COMPLIANCE COMMISSION HAS FAILED. MARCH 29, 2023. This morning, Fr. Hans Zollner, the chief architect of Pope Francis’s clergy sex abuse policy, announced his resignation from the [...]
SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES TAKE TO THE STREETS IN KINSHASA DURING POPE’S VISIT.
KINSHASA: JAN 31, 2023. Survivors and Advocates for E.C.A. (Ending Clergy Abuse) and C.O.M.E. groups will be on the streets urging Pope Francis to speak with victims of clergy abuse and urging him to protect children from clergy sexual abuse. [...]
Historic Press Conference to be held on Eve of Pope’s visit to the DRC on Clergy Sex Abuse
MEDIA ALERT. For Immediate Release, January 25, 2023; http://bit.ly/3vSuVnq ] Current Clergy Sex Abuse Cases in DRC Exposed. Clergy sex abuse victims in Kinshasa call on Pope to help. Survivors and Advocates in DRC call for Zero Tolerance for Clergy [...]