Christine "Chrissie" Foster AM (born c. 1955) is an Australian advocate for people impacted by child sexual abuse.
[3][4] O'Donnell, who lived next door to the Oakleigh Sacred Heart Primary School, sexually abused two of the Fosters' daughters in the 1990s, when they were aged between five and seven years old.
[6] In 2019, Foster was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to children, particularly as an advocate for those who have suffered sexual abuse.
[9] Foster's advocacy included fighting for survivors to be allowed in the evidence room to hear the cross examination of Cardinal George Pell in Rome.
[10] Foster is a critic of the Catholic Church's Melbourne Response restorative compensation package for victims of clerical sexual abuse.