Last year, the Church of England issued a public apology and paid a settlement to an alleged victim who said they'd been abused by the Bishop of Chichester in the 1940s and 1950s.
Marilyn Billingham's a member of Chichester Cathedral congregation who helped organise the vigil.
She told Premier it should not stop alleged victims coming forward in future: "Their concerns should be taken very seriously and those people need, and should have support, there's no question about that."
"There's no sense in which anybody involved in the vigil has any concerns about people disclosing their concerns of abuse."
Marilyn Billingham said they were not satisfied with the investigation: "This vigil is to ensure that there's justice for George Bell and for his memory - to ensure that a full, fair and open investigation is made into the allegation."
She went on to say there is now new evidence: "They've interrogated and looked very closely at George Bell's letters and diaries at that time.
"George Bell's official biographer who published his biography, he wasn't interviewed actually, or spoken with - so there's now additional information."
Speaking on BBC Radio Kent last month the Archbishop of Canterbury said: "I think it's been handled quite correctly. What it says is that there's neither fear nor favour.
"George Bell was a great hero; he did extraordinary work during the Second World War and in the run up to the war and in the years after the war.
"But someone came forward who said that they had been abused by him, and on the balance of probability at this distance it seemed clear to us, after very thorough investigation, that that was correct, and so we paid compensation and gave a profound and deeply-felt apology.
"Nobody should imagine for one moment that any of us felt that George Bell could just be discarded. I mean he's the greatest hero most of us have, and this has been an appalling shock and a terrible event to have had to deal with.
"But you have to listen to the survivors, you have to listen to those who've suffered and whose whole lives have often been destroyed and ruined by this.
A spokesperson for the Church of England said: "The decision to settle the civil claim relating to the activities of Bishop Bell and make a formal apology was not taken lightly or without consideration of the impact on the reputation of George Bell.
"However in this case, as in others, the overriding goal was to search out the truth and issues of reputation cannot take priority over that. Any suggestion that the reputation of the Church, or its ministers, should take precedence over the search for the truth is fundamentally misplaced."
Listen to Premier's Hannah Tooley speak to Marilyn Billingham here:
