ECA GLOBAL NEWS
SPRING-SUMMER 2021
SURVIVORS OF INDIGENOUS RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS IN CANADA DEMAND APOLOGY AND RELEASE OF RECORDS
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JUNE 2, 2021; CANADA.
Ending Clergy Abuse, (ECA), a global network of clergy abuse survivors and activists, was horrifying to learn of the deaths and cover-up of 215 innocent indigenous children found buried on the residential school grounds at the Kamloops Residential School. The Kamloops Residential School in British Columbia was operated by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate up to 1969. St. Anne’s Residential School in Fort Albany, Ontario, was
operated by the same Catholic Order.
Evelyn Korkmaz, a founding member of Ending Clergy Abuse, (ECA), is a survivor of the sexual abuse endured at St. Anne’s Residential School in Fort Albany, Canada. There are 139 residential schools across Canada, and she reports that “although, we as residential school survivors have known of these burial grounds, we had no proof of their exact location and this discovery has rocked survivors and Canada to the
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JUNE 24, 2021; SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.
An indigenous group in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan said it had found the unmarked graves of an estimated 751 people, many of whom were children, at a now-defunct Catholic residential school, just weeks after a similar discovery of 215 indigenous children in Kamloops, British Columbia rocked the country.
JUNE 29, 2021; ROME:
Pope Francis has agreed to meet in December with Indigenous survivors of Canada’s notorious residential schools amid calls for a papal apology for the Catholic Church’s role in the abuse and deaths of thousands of native children. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said Francis had invited the delegations to the Vatican and would meet separately with three groups – First Nations, Metis and
Inuit.
The Canadian bishops didn’t mention the demand for a papal apology saying only that Francis was “deeply committed to hearing directly from Indigenous peoples.”
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A DELEGATION OF CLERGY ABUSE SURVIVORS CALL FOR JUSTICE AT THE HAGUE
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JUNE 21, 2021; SWITZERLAND AND AMSTERDAM.
In confidential sessions, a delegation of clergy abuse survivors from ECA, led by Peter Isely and Denise Buchanan, presented their case to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee Against Torture in Geneva, Switzerland, then filed a
complaint with the ICC at the Hague in Amsterdam, alleging that Vatican officials have tolerated and enabled sex crimes. This is not the first time the group has called on the Vatican to be held to account for the decades-old crimes against humanity. In September 2011, lawyers for victims of sexual abuse by the clergy petitioned the International Criminal Court to investigate Pope Benedict XVI and three top Vatican officials for crimes against humanity for allowing rape and
child sex crimes. Their mission now is even more urgent, especially since the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves of children at Canadian residential schools run by the Catholic Church. Now, their petitions are no longer a case of their word against the Church. Now there is proof of the blatant disregard for the care and welfare of children under their care for the world to
see.
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La ONU CUESTIONA AL VATICANO POR ENCUBRIR A AUTORES DE ABUSO SEXUAL A MENORES EN VARIOUS PAISES
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JUNE19, 2021: UNITED NATONS. Los abusos sexuales en perjuicio de menores cometidos por clérigos católicos se convirtieron en practicas masivas y sistemáticas cuantificadas históricamente en distintos rincones del planeta, denunciados por varios Relatores Especiales del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU ante el
Vaticano desde el 2019 en adelante, sin que el Papa Francisco y la jerarquía religiosa de Roma hayan hecho justicia en torno a ese ominoso pasado, trasluce ese documento suscripto en Ginebra, cuyo contenido se adelanta ahora en exclusiva. LEER ARTÍCULO
COMPLETO
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UN EXPERTS CALL ON HOLY SEE TO DO MORE AGAINST CHILD ABUSE
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JUNE 21, 2021; GENEVA (AP).
Independent human rights experts working with the United Nations have urged the Vatican to do more to stop and prevent violence and sexual abuse against children, citing “persistent allegations of obstruction and lack of cooperation” from the Catholic Church, the U.N. human rights office said.
The four experts, faulted efforts by the church “to protect alleged abusers, cover up crimes, obstruct accountability of alleged abusers, and evade reparations due to victims.”
In general terms, the experts alleged bids were made by some church members to undercut efforts in national legislatures to prosecute child sex offenders, and cited lobbying attempts to limit how long former child victims can report the crimes after they become adults. The experts said the violations had allegedly been committed over decades in many countries with tens of thousands of victims.
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SURVIVOR APPOINTED TO PONTIFICAL COMMISSION
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JUNE 19, 2021: VATICAN CITY
Hoy tuve la oportunidad de agradecerle al Papa Francisco mi nombramiento a la Comisión Pontificia y reafirmar mi compromiso para seguir ayudando como pueda a tantos sobrevivientes de abuso sexual en el mundo.
Today I had the opportunity to personally thank Pope Francis for my appointment to the Pontifical Commission and reaffirmed my commitment to keep helping survivors all over the world. (Facebook)
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LAUNCH OF ARGENTINE NETWORK OF COMMUNITY ADVOCACY
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JULY 12, 2021: ARGENTINA. Launch of the Argentine Community Advocacy Network (RAAC).
The RAAC (Red Argentina de Abogacia Comunitaria) is the Argentine Network of Community Advocacy, which aims to build a space for articulation, support, advocacy and learning among legal professionals from all over the country, who work for access to rights and the legal empowerment of people or vulnerable groups.
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Lanzamiento de la Red Argentina de Abogacía Comunitaria (RAAC).
La RAAC (Red Argentina de Abogacía Comunitaria) es la Red Argentina de Abogacía Comunitaria, que tiene como objetivo construir un espacio de articulación, apoyo, incidencia y aprendizaje entre profesionales del derecho de todo el país, que trabajan por el acceso a los derechos y el empoderamiento legal de personas o grupos vulnerables.
MORE HERE
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US$90 A YEAR PROVIDES VITAL SUPPORT FOR SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVORS IN AFRICA
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JULY 1, 2021; UGANDA, AFRICA.
ECA is engaged at the international level with a Pope, cardinals and bishops and with well-known and important activists, all with big agendas and big ideas that we are proud to be a part of.
But ECA too is active and a very proud supporter in a special mission in Uganda that is small by every standard but we believe is as important.
In 2018, ECA helped a young Ugandan woman launch a program that is saving lives, one child at a time.
Janet Aguti is a wife, mother and a survivor/ activist who formed a non-profit called the Totya Platform dedicated to bringing awareness and ending physical and sexual violence, especially against women and girls, in Uganda.
An important aspect of her work is helping children, again mostly girls, who have been sexually assaulted or raped. Incredibly, 75% of girls in Uganda will experience sexual violence before the age of 18, a much higher rate than developed countries.
The Totya Program has achieved in this very short time the confidence of the people of Mpigi District where it is located. When a young child or young woman is abused Janet’s group is contacted. They have trained para-social workers who reach out to the victim and her family and provide a number of services including medical attention at the local hospital or medical clinic, medications and the Plan B pill, if necessary; they provide assistance in reporting the crime to the police and
follow up help with the legal process; and with counseling and weekly home visits.
Totya Platform receives at least 10 calls a month. Attached are 3 short but typical stories.
What has proved most valuable is the follow-up counseling and repeated visits to the village. The young women or girl child not only feels valued and supported but the presence of the para-social workers puts the village on notice someone is watching and paying attention.
Another remarkable aspect is the low cost. Initially, $30 dollars provides for the medical attention, medications and report to the police. The follow-up visits average $5 per month per victim for a cost of $60 for the year, totaling $90 per year per child. The success of the program is resulting in more calls than they can handle due to the lack of funds.
If you would like to help Janet and the Totya Platform click on the “DONATE TO ECA” button. Also please forward this newsletter to your family and friends.
CALL: 0800 220630(free) | SMS: 0785 673788 | WHATSAPP: 0759 296003 | TOTYAchat
READ MORE HERE
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RACIAL DISPARITIES IN THE TREATMENT OF CLERGY ABUSE VICTIMS
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PHOTOVOICE PROJECT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF PADUA
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ECA Founding/Board Member, Photographer and Community Psychologist,Simone Padovani, is working with the University of Padua in Italy on a year-long research project to assist survivors of clergy sexual abuse.
Interested participants will be asked to collect a series of pictures accompanied by text that tell their daily life as survivors of abuse. In addition, participants will be interviewed and asked to answer a questionnaire that will investigate the quality of life, resilience, etc., according to the indications of the World Health Organization. A photographic report on the life of the survivor of sexual
abuse will be made and sent to the research group of the University of Padua for analysis.
FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR HELP PLEASE WRITE TO:
[email protected]
IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, PORTUGUESE OR ITALIAN
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PHOTO SHARING AND ECA FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
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This project is born to help victims, survivors and friends of ECA Global who would like to help themselves and help ECA raise funds for our projects.
ECA has provided guidelines that will assist you in understanding which kind of images or videos you can produce which can be distributed through 2 agencies: SHUTTERSTOCK AND ALAMY.COM.
We will assist you in how to prepare and send your images for upload to the agency portals and how the financial aspect works.
FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR HELP PLEASE WRITE TO:
[email protected]
IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, PORTUGUESE OR ITALIAN
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Sebastian Cuattromo, Argentina Survivor/Founder,
Adultxs por los derechos de la infancia
"As adult survivors of the crime of sexual abuse and as representatives of our collective association, we are happy to have met new colleagues who, like us, have the conviction
to fight to end the sexual abuse of children in the world. It was a great pleasure...
Hopefully we can continue to work together for justice for survivors and for the protection of today's children." Sebatián Cuattromo and Silvia Piceda
Founding members of the Civil Association “Adults for Children´s Rights”
Zero Tolerance + Zero Cover Up = Truth and Justice
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BE AN ECA SOCIAL MEDIA AMBASSADOR
ECA’s Social Media Ambassadors Program is an exciting and easy way FOR YOU to get involved with ECA and to encourage existing members who know and love the mission of ECA to spread the word about ECA globally.
ECA will utilize Social Media Ambassadors to direct strong social media campaigns and ECA messages to target specific regions and issues relating to the sexual abuse of children by clergy.
ECA has a number of campaigns in the pipeline and we need you to get involved. Together we will #EnditNOW!
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