Clarissa’s Cause fundraising appeal surpasses target

Over $50,210 was raised in just five days to help Rebecca Saunders to pay to exhume the body of her daughter Clarissa from her burial place in Schull, West Cork.

Clarissa McCarthy's grave, with Schull Harbour, West Cork, in the background.

A fundraiser to help a bereaved mother have her daughter’s body exhumed, so that she is no longer buried in the same coffin as the man who killed her, has surpassed its goal of $50,000.

Over $50,210 (€43,450) was raised in just five days to help Rebecca Saunders to pay to exhume the body of her daughter, Clarissa, from a cemetery in Schull, West Cork, so that she can bring her daughter’s remains back to America where she now lives.