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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Uwa Ede-Osifo

Scientology ‘speed running’ trend has LA abuzz and church unhappy

Exterior of building
The Scientology building on Hollywood Boulevard. Photograph: George Rose/Getty Images

On any given day, Los Angeles’s Hollywood Boulevard teems with tourists and street performers clustered near the area’s many landmarks. But in recent months, the strip has been set abuzz for a new reason.

Throngs of mostly adolescent boys and young men have been rushing the Church of Scientology’s international headquarters on the famed street.

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