VICE Meets Marty Rathbun, Former Senior Executive of the Church of Scientology

This week, VICE meets Mark “Marty” Rathbun, a former senior executive of the Church of Scientology who left the church in 2004. He is a key subject of Alex Gibney’s new documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, which is being released March 29 through HBO Documentary Films. We discuss his past in the Church of Scientology, auditing, and the harassment techniques allegedly used by the church.

Scientology Unmasked

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Created by the late science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology is a religion/cult which teaches that humans are actually immortal beings who, having forgotten their true nature, require intensive (and expensive) “auditing” techniques to rediscover their true, immortal selves.

Reports and allegations have been made, by journalists, courts, and governmental bodies of several countries, that the Church of Scientology is an unscrupulous commercial enterprise that harasses its critics and brutally exploits its members.

In this compelling episode, we explore Scientology’s practices, and we hear from those who escaped its shadow.