▁City ▁Star ▁" that ▁the ▁law suit ▁had ▁nothing ▁to ▁do ▁with ▁his ▁res ignation ▁and ▁called ▁the ▁alleg ations ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁' pre post er ous .' " ▁Bla ine ▁died ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁The ▁law suit ▁was ▁settled ▁in ▁early ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁Clo h ess y ▁returned ▁to ▁SN AP ▁as ▁a ▁sp ok esp erson . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁Ab uses ▁in ▁the ▁Bapt ist ▁Fa ith ▁Child ▁sexual ▁ab use ▁Je hov ah ' s ▁Wit ness es ▁and ▁child ▁sex ▁ab use ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁sex ▁ab use ▁cases ▁Sex ual ▁mis con duct ▁Sp ot light , ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁film ▁about ▁The ▁Boston ▁G lob es ▁" Sp ot light " ▁team , ▁ ▁and ▁its ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁investigation ▁into ▁cases ▁of ▁w ides p read ▁and ▁system ic ▁child ▁sex ▁ab use ▁in ▁the ▁Boston ▁area ▁by ▁numerous ▁Catholic ▁pri ests . ▁It ▁features ▁Phil ▁Sav iano , ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁England ▁chapter ▁of ▁SN AP . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁Home ▁Page ▁of ▁SN AP ▁Hamm ond ▁v . ▁SN AP ▁Rev . ▁X iu ▁H ui ▁" Jose ph " ▁Ji ang ▁vs . ▁Tony a ▁Lev ette ▁Por ter , ▁et ▁al . ▁ ▁Category : C atholic ▁Church ▁sexual ▁ab use ▁sc and als ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁* ▁Category : S ex ual ▁ab use ▁advoc acy ▁and ▁support ▁groups ▁Category : Organ izations