text: As long as giving 'strong recommendations' to the Pope is the limit of the real effectiveness of this group, there is no point for this committee to reach out to anymore survivors.  The meaning of the word 'strong' is in the ears of the receiver.  Most abuse victims are totally aware of this dynamic and have found out 'strong' recommendations mean nothing to bishops and higher clergy who are not accountable to anyone outside Rome.  Ergo, for bishops, the only 'strong' recommendations come from the Vatican.  It doesn't work the other way around.