June 24, 2016 - CHICAGO, IL I opened the annual SNAP conference with perspective on the "Spotlight" and the movie's impact on the abuse survivor's movement. Also participated in a "Spotlight" Panel Discussion with Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, former Boston Globe editor Marty Barron and actor Neal Huff.September 8-9, 2016 - RALEIGH, NC I was speaker at a two-day conference put on by Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina, and the YMCA of the Triangle. September 15, 2016 - INDIANAPOLIS, IN I was the keynote speaker at a day-long conference on the issue of male sexual assault. Sponsored by the Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault. September 20, 2016 - PHILADELPHIA, PA - At the annual NCVOC National Training Institute, I was a panelist on the "Spotlight" Civil Justice Plenary, along with attorney Eric MacLeish, abuse survivor Joe Crowley and Globe Spotlight reporter Sacha Pfeiffer. See Highlight Reel of my commentary posted here and on YouTube.September 27, 2016 - BOSTON, MA - I addressed a class of law students at Brandeis University, who have been studying the legal aspects of the Boston Archdiocese clergy abuse crisis. December 2, 2016 - CAMBRIDGE, MA - Participation in a Harvard University panel discussion on legaland social issues surrounding the movie “Spotlight.”March 2017 - BOSTON, MA - Participation with Boston Globe Spotlight reporters and other abuse survivors in panel discussion of the Spotlight Investigation into Catholic Clergy Abuse, and the resulting Academy Award-winning movie.April 2017 - FAYETTEVILLE, NC - Featured speaker at Child Advocacy Center's annual, educational conference . Delivered 90-minute presentation titled, "Facing Up to Male Child Sexual Abuse: One Man's Journey from Childhood Shame to Hollywood Acclaim."April 25, 2017 - NEW YORK, NY - Featured speaker, with actor Neal Huff, at fundraiser for CHILD USA, a research-based think tank that aims to curtail child abuse and neglect through enlightened public policy.

I first spoke publicly about my childhood sexual abuse by a Massachusetts Catholic priest back in late 1992, resulting in a news report that made the front page of the Boston Globe and generated headlines in other publications across the United States. Through pursuit of a civil suit against the Catholic Diocese of Worcester, MA, I determined that seven bishops in four different states had known that my abuser, Fr. David Holley, was a child molester. After managing to settle my lawsuit without any terms of confidentiality, (the first New England clergy abuse plaintiff to do so) I was able to speak freely regarding what I had learned about the institutional cover-up of child sex abuse within the Church. In 1997, I formalized my outreach to other victims of clergy abuse by founding the New England chapter of SNAP based in Boston. In the years that followed, I led support group meetings, built a database of victims and perpetrators and served as a highly visible media spokesperson on the issue. My August 2001, 4-hour meeting with the Boston Globe's Spotlight investigation team, is re-created in the acclaimed, Academy Award-winning feature film, "Spotlight," starring Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams. My character is played by New York stage and film actor, Neal Huff, whose line in the film, "How do you say no to God?" summarizes the dilemma of every child who has grappled with sexual abuse by a once-trusted cleric.