ECA Blog Posts
International Legal Timeline How States Have Responded to Clergy Sexual Abuse For decades, child sexual abuse committed by members of the clergy was treated as an internal Church matter. Over time, that approach has shifted. Across multiple continents, civil...
ECA Global Summit in Buenos Aires: A Landmark Event on Opus Dei Abuses and Survivors’ Search for Justice On December 16, 2025, ECA Global (Ending Clergy Abuse) held in Buenos Aires what has been widely described as a historic first: an international summit...
A Step Toward Truth: The Second Report on Clerical Abuse in Italy The Second Report on Sexual Abuse in the Clergy, recently published by Rete L’ABUSO and compiled by its founder Francesco Zanardi, marks another crucial step in the long struggle for truth and justice...
Tim Law and Mary Dispenza Speak Out in Rolling Stone on Church Abuse and the Battle for Justice READ THE FULL ARTICLE ON ROLLING STONE HERE On July 20, 2025, Rolling Stone published a hard-hitting investigation titled "Trump, the Catholic Church, and the Fight to...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Abuse Victims and Supporters Urge 'Careful' Selection of US Ambassador to the Vatican WASHINGTON, D.C., USA – December 9, 2024 (9 a.m. PST) – As President-elect Donald Trump considers his nominee for U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican, Ending Clergy...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE An Unlikely Alliance: Survivors and Clergy Demand 'One Strike and You’re Out' Church Mandate on Abuse and Cover-Ups November 18, 2024 | Rome, Italy — On World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse, survivor-advocates from ECA (Ending Clergy...
WHAT: At a news conference in Rome to mark the United Nations' World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse, a diverse group of survivors, advocates and theologians will unveil a landmark zero-tolerance proposal calling for sweeping reforms to Canon Law, aimed at...
There are many scandals related to the clergy of the Serbian Orthodox Church and their sodomic behavior. No one can deny this. Abuse and sexual exploitation is abnormal predatory behavior. It is rarely talked about that Orthodox churches have the same, and according...
World’s leading coalition of clergy abuse victims forms historic collaboration with Catholic Church’s top anti-abuse experts The two sides meet for three days in Rome to create a new “zero tolerance” norm for abusive clergy They will jointly present their proposal in...
The work of Eca's members continues to appear in major international magazines, such as the New York Times and APNews. The voice of survivors is fundamental for achieving the Zero Tolerance Law in th Catholic Church, in order to stop abuses on children and cover ups!...