International Clergy Abuse Survivors, Activists and Allies to Stage Five Day Campaign in Rome during Papal Summit

Actions will include a Global “March to Zero”

ECA SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC ACTIONS IN ROME

Tuesday, February 19

Press Conference - 12 Countries and their Violations - Bishop Accountability - 11:00 AM. Location TBD.

Press Conference - Abuse of Nuns in the Church - Voices of Faith - (Doris Wagner - Barbara Dorris) - Foreign Press Association (Stampa Estera, Via dell'Umiltà 83, Roma), 5:30 PM

Wednesday, February 20

Press Conference -- Countdown to Zero Tolerance. Foreign Press Room - Via dell'Umiltà, 83, 00187 Roma, 10:30 a.m.

Following ECA Members Meeting at the Vatican Commission – 11:30 AM – 12:30PM at Instituto Maria Bambina, Via Paolo VI, 21, 00120 - Città del Vaticano

Thursday, February 21

Press Conference – Polish Report - Foreign Press Room - Via dell'Umiltà, 83, 00187 Roma, 2:00 p.m.

Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus - Head of the Polish Parliamentary Committee on Hate Speech and the Protection of Human Rights. “Presentation of key findings of the report on the violations of secular and canon laws by Polish bishops in the context of priests who engaged in sexual abuse of minors and dependents.” Marek Lisiński, Founder/President. Fundacja “Nie lękajcie się”, Anna Frankowska, Member, Fundacja “Nie lękajcie się”, Agata Zyglewska-Diduszko, Member, Fundacja “Nie lękajcie się”, Marek Mielewczyk, Member, Fundacja “Nie lękajcie się”

Global Twilight Vigil for Justice. Giardini di Castel Sant'Angelo, 5:00-6:30 p.m.

Friday, February 22

--International Religious Orders and the Abuse Crisis. Outside the International Headquarters of the Benedictine Order, Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino Church, Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta, 5, 00153 Roma,11:00 a.m.

--Survivors Stories and Testimony. Piazza delle Vaschette, 13, 00193 Roma. Event is open to the press, 3:00 p.m.

Saturday, February 23

Global “March to Zero” Tolerance. March begins at Piazza del Popolo – The ‘People’s Square’ of Rome at 11:00 a.m.

Sunday, February 24

Final Press event -- What’s Next for Survivors, the Catholic Church and the Abuse Crisis. Location and time to be announced.