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Scientologists block access to secret documents // 1,500 crowd into courthouse to protect materials on fundamental beliefs

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Title: Scientologists block access to secret documents // 1,500 crowd into courthouse to protect materials on fundamental beliefs
Date: Tuesday, 5 November 1985
Publisher: Los Angeles Times (California)
Authors: Joel Sappell, Robert W. Welkos
Main source: articles.latimes.com
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Tags: Alan Brown • Body thetans (BTs) • Earle C. Cooley • Jeff Pomerantz • Joel Sappell • Judge Alfred L. Margolis • Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim • Lawsuit • Los Angeles Times (California) • Robert W. Welkos • Space opera • Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire)

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In one of the largest court demonstrations in Los Angeles in years, about 1,500 Church of Scientology members crammed three floors of the County Courthouse on Monday, effectively blocking public access to documents that the church considers secret and sacred. For hours, Scientologists swamped workers in the clerk's office with hundreds of requests to photocopy the documents, which reveal some of the organization's most fundamental beliefs. Scientology attorneys have argued that disclosure of the materials is a violation of the group's ... [Read the rest at articles.latimes.com]