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What I find disappointing/frustrating is that nvk hasn't addressed the matter. I'd probably just let it go if he hadn't been such a loud voice with an opinion about everything for so long...or if he was just going to let it go.
But proceeding with development while simultaneously not discussing the problem seems sneaky to me.
Having never been in such a situation (and Lord willing, never will be), I do find the psychology of it quite fascinating. Because it reminds me a lot of fallen pastors, which me being plugged into the Christian community I've heard lots of stories of. They lay low for a while. They usually don't address the issue publicly. But a few years later you often see them pastoring at another church somewhere, and everyone who they hurt in their original church is wondering how they could be so shameless.
I had friends who attended Mars Hill back during the Mark Driscoll stuff. It certainly matched the pattern you describe.
I didn't pay close enough attention to see how Driscoll himself addressed it (or if he even did). But I remember feeling somewhat similar feelings to what I feel about nvk when I heard about Driscoll starting a new church in Arizona. I have a lot more respect for someone if they address the problem and talk about it openly rather than hiding in silence and hoping everyone will move on.
It's sort of a tragic pattern in life where someone falls from grace in their profession, but despite all the fallout, you find them continuing on in that profession. Their reputation is bruised, but they just keep doing what they've always done, just with lower prominence (and perhaps with unsuspecting customers).
See this a lot with fallen pastors for example, or CEOs rocked by scandal that find their way to some other company.
I think it's because they've spent their life doing one thing, it's all they know how to do. Starting over in a new profession / industry doesn't make sense to them.