mr. d'antonio speaks on a panel with barbara blaine, founder of the survivors network of those abused by priests, thomas p. doyle, jeff anderson, former priest and nun patrick wall. this is about an hour and a half. [applause] >> good evening. i m michael d'antonio, author of "mortal sins". [applause] >> listening tonight are the heros of this story. i tried -- very special. i have written and coauthored and ghostwritten quite a few books. none have meant what this book means to me. this is a book about a genuine civil rights movement. it has been underrecognized and underappreciated for what it has accomplished on behalf of abused children, on behalf of equality, on behalf of the people who are the church and make no mistake for catholics, for all christians the church is the people landed you're not a catholic and not a christian you can appreciate the concept of we are all one. and the folks done this stage of done more to promote the unity of humanity than any people i have ever met. i would like to introduce from my left barbara blaine. [applause] >> barbara is founder and director