i am michael d'antonio the author of "mortal sins." [applause] with me tonight or the heroes who have lived the story. i have written and co-authored and ghostwritten quite a few books and none of them has 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 at the church and make no mistake for catholics and for all christians the church is the people and if you are not a catholic and you're not a christian you can appreciate the concept that we are all one. and there are folks on the stage that have done more to promote the unity of humanity than any people i have ever met so i would like to introduce to you from my left barbara blaine. [applause] barbara is the founder and director of the survivors network for those abused by priests. she has been doing this work since the mid-1980s, when no one else was willing to talk about it, when no

. >> 's, michael d'antonio reports on the sexual abuse scandals and the catholic church in his look "rtal sins." the author examines 30 years of sexual abuse claims against priests and the church's reactions. mr. d'antonio speaks on a panel with the president founder of the survivors network of those abused by priests. reverend thomas doyle, attorney jeff anderson and former priests and monks, patrick whoa. this is about an hour and a half. [applause] >> good evening