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.
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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.
ECA’s New Year’s Letter to Pope Francis
January 2, 2018. His Holiness, Pope Francis Apostolic Palace 00120 Vatican City. Dear Pope Francis, We are writing to you as global survivors of rape and sexual assault by clergy. Our organization represents prominent survivor organizational leaders and activists [...]
Francis must include global survivor groups in summit
As Americans bishops gather in Illinois, survivors demand Pope remove two US Cardinals from prominent roles in papal summit. Findings in explosive Illinois AG report “disqualifies” Chicago Cardinal Cupich from major appointment. Cardinal DiNardo of Texas also “unfit to [...]
The Message from the US Bishops Meeting in Baltimore is Clear: US DOJ and State AG’s must intensify their investigations of bishops
November 14, 2018. The US bishops came to Baltimore this week assuring Catholics and the public that they would act with “intense urgency” to implement comprehensive and tough reforms to hold themselves accountable for the decades long cover up of [...]
Survivors: Bishops Must Deliver on Final Day of Conference
November 14, 2018. President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, began the week by announcing that per the Vatican, no vote would be taken on measures to reform the process of the investigation of [...]
Bishops’ New Procedures Fail to Produce Abuse Investigations Independent from Vatican
November 13, 2018. At this morning’s USCCB Assembly, Vice President Most Reverend José H. Gomez unveiled a third party reporting system for clergy sex abuse claims that had been approved by a leadership committee in September, telling the conference it [...]
Cardinal DiNardo Announces Plan to Halt Vote to Impose Measures of Accountability for U.S. Bishops
November 12, 2018. President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Cardinal Daniel DiNardo opened the general assembly this morning with an announcement that per order of the Holy See, no vote would be taken on procedural measures posed [...]
Bishops’ Proposal Designed to Prevent U.S. Justice System Oversight
RNS photo by Jack Jenkins. November 11, 2018. This weekend, the Washington Post reported on several proposals from the United States Conference on Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to curb the child sex abuse and cover-up scandal that has gained prominence in [...]