JustSheila
Crusader
That is a gross cop-out. Absolutely an unacceptable excuse. Like the president saying he had nothing to do with bombing a country because he didn't fly the plane. Marty Rathbun, from what I have seen so far in the movie, openly admits to being the "most bad ass guy in Scientology". He is absolutely culpable for all of the things I mentioned. He is culpable for every horrific act that Scientology committed under his reign with Miscavige. As Louis is apt to point out, Marty only left when he fell out of favor. It had nothing to do with any kind of mea cupla.
Hi Adam, I completely understand and agree with your logic on this, but the facts are that Marty had nothing to do with the SO children, had no firsthand knowledge and had no authority over that area in any way until at least after 1986. See my later thread post for more detail. He may have been over it afterward, I don't know about that, and if he was, then others should report what they know.
I know personally who was and who was not involved with and over the kids from 1977-1986 and I'm telling you, Marty did not have any authority over them during that time. He knew less than most parents then and he never even issued a single ethics order, much less a Declare, because he did not have much authority in those years and it wasn't his area.
I am not apologizing for him. He's done horrible stuff in his time as an SO Member. This was not one of them in the time I was there, though. He wasn't a senior exec until much later and I can't say what he did or did not do then or what areas he was over or was not after 1986. I am only stating what I know to be fact up until I left and don't know firsthand what happened afterward.