KEY POINTS

• Gretchen Hammond, a former staff fundraiser for SNAP, claims the group referred clergy- abuse victims to lawyers, who, in turn, sued the church. SNAP collaborated with those attorneys, getting advance copies of lawsuits and hosting press conferences, leveraging the publicity for fundraising efforts, the lawsuit states. • Hammond was fired from SNAP after she probed the organization’s fundraising, the lawsuit alleges. • SNAP President Barbara Blaine issued a brief statement Wednesday denying the allegations in the lawsuit.