AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
February 16, 2016
Shannon Deery
Herald Sun
CROWDFUNDING has raised more than $55,000 to send victims of sexual abuse to Rome to watch George Pell give evidence to the child abuse royal commission.
But the Royal Commision into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has refused to comment on whether it will force Cardinal Pell to testify in public.
Members of the Ballarat and District Child Abuse Survivors group have called for the commission to ensure the Cardinal is forced to testify publicly, and want to be in Rome to witness it.
Donors have already contributed more than $22,800 just a day after a Go Fund Me site was set up by TV personalities Gorgi Coghlan and Meshel Laurie.
In just 24 hours, more than 340 people had donated to the fund, which is hoped will raise $55,000 to send 15 people to Rome.
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