Confronting Cardinal George Pell about the Catholic Church's handling of child sex abuse is about getting the truth and not attacking individuals, a victim says.
Clergy abuse victims have the final go-ahead to be in the Rome hotel room with Cardinal Pell when he gives videolink evidence to the child abuse royal commission next week.
A group of about 15 survivors plus four support personnel, including the Ballarat deputy mayor, will head to Rome after a crowdfunding campaign.
Some other survivors and the parents of victims have already arranged private flights.
Cardinal Pell has said he is prepared to meet victims although one, David Ridsdale, said he was not fussed about a private meeting now that the commission had cleared the way for survivors to be in Rome.
"If he offers a meeting, absolutely not a problem," Mr Ridsdale told reporters in Ballarat on Tuesday.
"This isn't an issue of wanting to attack people. It's about getting the truth and getting due diligence done."
Mr Ridsdale, a victim and nephew of Australia's worst pedophile priest Gerald Francis Ridsdale, said the Ballarat group was overwhelmed by the public support.
"I cannot thank everyone enough," he said.
"The response we've had not just from Ballarat but from all of Australia has just brought everyone to tears."
Supporters had been seeking $55,000 to send 15 people to Rome but the GoFundMe campaign raised more than $200,000.
Mr Ridsdale said the plan was to set up a Ballarat and district sex abuse survivors healing foundation.
"This money so far will act as seed money. We want to set up a process where Ballarat becomes the global leading healing centre for such things."
Cardinal Pell, a former Ballarat priest and Melbourne archbishop who is now in charge of the Vatican's finances, will give evidence about the church's handling of abuse in the Ballarat diocese and Melbourne archdiocese.
The videolink will be from the Hotel Quirinale conference room in Rome to the Sydney royal commission from Monday.
The commission has said legal representatives must be in Sydney and not Rome.
