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This is the original article published by Boston Globe’s Spotlight Team that exposed rampant child sexual abuse by Catholic priests in Boston, MA, and the massive, secretive, intentional cover-up efforts by the Catholic church to protect them. We reprint it here for posterity and acknowledge that full credit goes to the original Spotlight article, which can be found here. The namesake goes here.

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Ah, the ubiquitous lawsuit loan—often called legal funding or a settlement loan—is an innovative, highly specialized financial service that provides injured plaintiffs with early access to a portion of their future settlement proceeds before their case is resolved.

Unlike traditional bank loans or consumer financing, lawsuit funding is not credit‑based.

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Lawsuit loans—often called legal funding or settlement loans—are an innovative, highly specialized financial service that provides injured plaintiffs with early access to a portion of their future settlement proceeds before their case is resolved.

Lawsuit loans exist for one reason: to provide injured plaintiffs with immediate financial relief and stability during long, unpredictable, and often overwhelming legal battles.

Unlike traditional bank loans or consumer financing, lawsuit funding is not credit‑based. In other words, credit scores, credit history, employment status, income levels, real estate collateral, cosigners, and the ability to make monthly payments—every barrier that typically stands between a borrower and approval—is irrelevant. None of it matters. None of it is evaluated. None of it can disqualify a plaintiff.

And beyond eliminating every credit‑based obstacle, lawsuit loans carry one defining feature that makes them uniquely powerful and uniquely attractive to risk‑averse plaintiffs:

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