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=== Marty Rathbun ===
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Marty Rathbun rose in the Church of Scientology to the post of Inspector General of the [[Religious Technology Center]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rtc.org/en_US/mark-rathbun.html |title=Mark Rathbun Inspector General Religious Technology Center |publisher=[[Religious Technology Center]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050904200333/http://www.rtc.org/en_US/mark-rathbun.html |archive-date=2005-09-04}}</ref> He defected in 2004 and disappeared for several years before reappearing and offering to provide Scientology auditing services.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tom Cruise's confessions mocked at Scientology parties |work=MSN NZ |publisher=MSN New Zealand Ltd |date=May 9, 2010 |url=http://entertainment.msn.co.nz/blog.aspx?blogentryid=644319&showcomments=true |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526192347/http://entertainment.msn.co.nz/blog.aspx?blogentryid=644319&showcomments=true |archive-date=May 26, 2010 |quote=Since defecting from the Church in 2004, Marty has made a career out of providing counselling and auditing services to other former Scientology members.}}</ref> Reitman called Rathbun's activities a "virtual church" because of the sermonizing on his website.{{r|reitman|page=361-3}} He audited people in his home in Texas, and coined the term "Independent Scientology".<ref name="ortega2017">{{Cite web |title=Memories of a Scientology warrior: Marty Rathbun's curious career as church rebel |first=Tony |last=Ortega |author-link=Tony Ortega |date=March 14, 2017 |website=The Underground Bunker |url=https://tonyortega.org/2017/03/14/memories-of-a-scientology-warrior-marty-rathbuns-curious-career-as-church-rebel/}}</ref> But then years of [[Fair game (Scientology)|fair game]] harassment followed. In 2013, Rathbun stated he was "no longer a Scientologist, independent or otherwise", and Rathbun's wife filed a suit against the Church of Scientology in 2013.{{r|ortega2017}} After winning several legal bouts, the case was dropped in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/news/another-scientology-lawsuit-meets-a-strange-abrupt-end-in-texas-8424797 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610042105/https://www.houstonpress.com/news/another-scientology-lawsuit-meets-a-strange-abrupt-end-in-texas-8424797 |archive-date=June 10, 2016 |title=Another Scientology Lawsuit Meets a Strange, Abrupt End in Texas 
|last=Wray |first=Dianna |work=Houston Press |date=May 25, 2016}}</ref> Rathbun then started to criticize other prominent former Scientologists, including making videos against them which appeared in Church of Scientology advertisements, leading strongly to the conclusion that Rathbun had made some agreement with the Church.{{r|ortega2017}}