We provide support and advocacy for survivors of abuse in religious contexts and their families.

Importantly, we as a charity have no religious affiliations and welcome adult survivors impacted by childhood sexual abuse.

We engage with survivors and their families with understanding and empathy. C.A.N. is a network of trauma-informed volunteers who share the experience of being impacted by abuse by clergy or lay workers in religious contexts. CAN also employs professional staff to support the collective and individual needs of survivors.

We can liaise with police, church organizations, and providers of trauma services to make appropriate professional referrals for survivors or their family members.

To provide opportunities for survivors and their families to meet with others affected by abuse in religious contexts, including by holding regular ‘morning teas’ and activities. Living with trauma and its impacts can be confusing, isolating and alienating, C.A.N. seeks to offer opportunities to ameliorate those consequences of clerical abuse.