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. They will be at the following locations:
Wednesday February 1:
TIME: 16h30
Nonciature – where Pope Francis will meet with victims of the war
WHO: E.C.A. and C.O.M.E. groups will be there to urge Pope Francis to meet with victims of clergy sexual abuse
WHERE: Mandela Place […]
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.
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