Crédito: L”Osservatore Romano.
Meeting in advance of actions and protests this week in Buenos Aires and Mendoza.
Groups want Pope Francis to visit his home country and resolve growing clergy abuse crisis there, enact “true” zero tolerance.
Papal Concordat with Argentina must be amended in cases of child sex crimes, groups say.
April 29, 2019.
The Honorable Rogelio Francisco Emilio Pfirter,
Embassy of Argentina in Rome, Italy,
Piazza dell’Esquilino 2,
00185 Roma,
Italy
Dear Ambassador,
We are writing to you as a global network of survivors of clergy abuse, activists, and organizations on behalf of and in solidarity with the survivors of Argentina.
As you know, the bishops of Argentina are in Rome […]
Public actions and protests to be held in Buenos Aires and Mendoza.
Survivors and activists will urge Pope Francis to “come home” and enact “zero tolerance” for abuse.
Argentina, groups say, is “ground zero” for Pope’s promise of “an all-out battle” against abuse and cover-up.
(See below for complete schedule of public and media events)
Buenos Aires, April […]
As Catholics celebrate Easter, the institutional church stands more exposed than at any point in its history.
Prosecutors and lawmakers around the world are ending the impunity of Catholic church leaders who enable abuse or commit abuse themselves.
In the United States, attorneys general in more than 15 states […]
DECLARACIÓN PÚBLICA
10 de abril de 2019.
La Organización Mundial Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA), instancia que reúne a sobrevivientes de abusos en contexto clerical y a activistas por los derechos humanos, manifiesta su categórico rechazo y preocupación por la reciente sentencia del 1er Juzgado Unipersonal Penal de Piura, […]
Geneva 7 February 2019: “The Committee is concerned about the numerous cases of children being sexually abused by religious personnel of the Catholic Church in the territory of the Member State and for the low […]
APRIL 4, 2019. A group of global survivors of clergy sexual assault who were present in Rome at the February papal summit are calling upon Pope Francis to apologize for statements comparing them to the “devil” and wanting them to see “100 priests hanging in Vatican Square.” The group also wants the Pope to […]
April 5, 2019
Dear members of the Papal Summit Committee — Archbishop Charles Scicluna, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Cardinal Oswald Gracias and Fr. Hans Zollner.
During and after the February Summit on Clergy Sex Abuse in Rome, Pope Francis made several public statements about survivors who were present that were disturbing, demeaning and simply false. He […]