Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA) is a worldwide organization of human rights’ activists and survivors from over 17 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.
#ENDITNOW
From June 4-8, 2018 ECA met with officials from the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss what can be done for the Vatican to adopt and implement the 2014 recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and Committee Against Torture, building upon the brilliant work of Barbara Blaine, SNAP and CCR. A press conference was later held to launch the formation of ECA and during the visit of Pope Francis in Geneva, ECA organized a global campaign #ENDITNOW.
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.
Global survivors and activists respond to Pope Francis statement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 20, 2018. Global survivors and activists respond to Pope Francis statement. The culture of abuse is a “mechanism” that lives in the structures and laws of the Church, global group says. Church laws and structures must [...]
Pope Francis must choose sides: victims or bishops who cover-up?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 19, 2018 Pope to survivors: “I’m on your side”. Pope is still silent about Cardinal Wuerl and bishops that covered up child sex crimes. Survivors to Pope: “You can’t be both on the side of victims [...]
Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report
On August 14, 2018, The Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, delivered the findings from a nearly 2 year long grand jury investigation. The report revealed more than 300 Catholic priests across Pennsylvania sexually abused over 1000 children over seven decades. [...]
Global survivors of clergy abuse join SNAP & CCR
August 15, 2018. The Global survivors of clergy abuse join SNAP in calling for a US Federal Investigation into abuse and cover up in the Catholic Church. Global Survivors & CCR Join in calling for a Federal Investigation [...]
Is Pope Francis also a part of the “circle of secrecy”?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 16, 2018 Global survivors, activists and experts to Pope Francis: break your silence about Cardinal Wuerl. Is Pope Francis also a part of the “circle of secrecy”? In wake of explosive US Grand Jury report, organization [...]
Global survivors to Martin: Three cardinals should step down from WMOF
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 10, 2018 Global clergy abuse survivors and activists to Dublin archbishop: ask Pope to remove three cardinals linked to cover-up of clergy sex abuse from the WMOF. ECA joins public demands that these Cardinals be investigated, [...]
Open Letter to Archbishop Martin of Dublin
Open Letter to Archbishop Martin of Dublin on behalf of global survivors of clergy sexual abuse Dr. Denise Buchanan - contact@ecaglobal.org - Jamaican survivor, ECA Board member Peter Isely - peterisely@gmail.com - United States survivor, ECA Founding member and spokesperson [...]