#Censorship

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John Krol Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1961 to 1988 and cardinal from 1967, who led sixteen religious leaders in condemning R.C. Horsch's film Black Mass in 1975.
Leo Goldstein Deputy commissioner of Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections who closed Ray Hoersch's Underground Cinema 16 in October 1969 amid a wider closing of small theaters.

Arcadia Theatre (Philadelphia) First-run cinema at 1529-1531 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, which cancelled a February 1975 midnight showing of R.C. Horsch's Black Mass after reported pressure from the Archdiocese.
Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections Philadelphia's building-code and licensing department, whose deputy commissioner Leo Goldstein closed R.C. Horsch's Underground Cinema 16 in 1969, and which Mayor Cherelle Parker split under two commissioners in 2024.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia Roman Catholic see erected in 1808 and made an archdiocese in 1875, whose archbishop Cardinal John Krol led the 1975 condemnation of R.C. Horsch's film Black Mass.

Black Mass (1975 film) Philadelphia film of a satanic mass by Ray Hoersch, later known as R.C. Horsch, withdrawn from the Arcadia Theatre in 1975 after protests led by Cardinal John Krol.
In the Year of the Pig Emile de Antonio's 1968 Vietnam War documentary, nominated for an Academy Award, whose Philadelphia run moved to the Bandbox Theater after city inspectors closed R.C. Horsch's Cinema 16 in 1969.