Do not run away, please, read the whole post, you may find it interesting. The meeting was about the allegations contained in the book Da Vinci Code.
In actual fact, the meeting was subdivided in two parts, the first one was about the Da Vinci code, the second was more about Opus Dei.
I have not read the book, I will certainly watch the film. I would have expected a puntual refutation of the allegations following the line of the story (which, it seems, is about denying the divinity of Jesus).
Unfortunately, he only outlined some main points (was Jesus married? Were the sacred texts maliciously edited? What's gnosticism?) without much detail and without any further bibliographic references.
An author of fiction can, in her/his works, write whatever (s)he wants.
However, a meticulous author of fiction, usually, sets rules and abides by those rules throughout the entire story. Historical facts are usually researched and faithfully represented in their minimal details. It looks like this book doesn't care much about history.
The second part was more interesting. I had never met anyone from Opus Dei before, and, like you, I have heard many unpleasant stories about their activities so I really wanted to listen to them directly.
Here is what I found out: Everybody is called to holiness (yeees!), and their charism is in offering spiritual (and spiritual only) assistance in order to sanctify the action of their members in the world through their ordinary work ("Which job is better? Whichever is done with greater love for God.").
The founder, JosemarĂa Escrivá was canonised by John Paul II in 2002 (Wikipedia entry...).
My impression is that they greatly emphasise authority and sacrifice where I am used to a method which is more biased towards consistency awareness and physical activity (as a search for purpose), but considering that they are under the authority of Peter (the Pope), and that their purpose is to become saints rather than to rule the world, I would not multiply useless words about it.
They have been attacked and have the right to reply. Give them the possibility to defend themselves: go and listen to them yourself, thoroughly.
Ah: "There are no monks in Opus Dei, so there are no albino assassins either".
