: | NZ Herald | The woman who put Gloriavale cult leader Hopeful Christian in prison says he is no man of God and labelled him a “pervert”. Yvette Olsen this month applied through the courts to have her name suppression lifted and spoke to TVNZ’s Sunday programme tonight about how…
: By David Clarkson and Michael Wright | Stuff | A teenager who left the West Coast’s religious Gloriavale community has admitted doing burnouts on a golf course. Barnabas Ben-Canaan, 18, appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Monday where he pleaded guilty to charges of wilful damage and driving while…
: | NZ Herald | Lynley Ward | Politicians seek probe into sect’s teachings. Politicians will demand answers from education bosses over what secretive Gloriavale school is teaching girls – besides how to expertly wash men’s clothes. The Education Review Office will be hauled before the Education and Science Select Committee…
: Pacific Screen Video Link: Gloriavlae: Life and Death Another popular observational documentary about Gloriavale screened on New Zealand’s TV2 in the 8th Month of 2015. Follow the lives of a young couple having their second child, and how the community handles the issues of death and grieving for an older…
: | NZ Herald | Kirsty Johnson | Pupils at Gloriavale follow curriculum designed to prepare them for life inside isolated Christian community. Students at the school run by secretive Christian community Gloriavale sit qualifications up to three years early so they can focus on a more “practical” education – including…
: | Indiafacts | Gloriavale Christian Community (GCC) is a Christian commune in New Zealand which calls itself as a Church. Its members are supposed to live a life based on Biblical principles. Nearly 80 families live in a farm-like setting in Western New Zealand. Their website (also archive) mentions ‘that 35 babies are born…
: By IndiaFacts Staff – 07/05/2015 …So, this group from New Zealand brings Indian (likely Tamil) parents and children to NZ. They ‘return’ back to India (Tamil Nadu, going by the news reports) with New Zealand women from the commune.Which raises intriguing questions: what is the connection between New Zealand and…
: By Jehan Casinada (Sunday Star Times) – 03/05/2015 A new Gloriavale is taking shape, far from the West Coast. Hopeful Christian and other senior Gloriavale leaders have travelled to the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where they are building a new faith-based township in Tirunelveli. “It’s called the Christian Church…
: By: Ashleigh Stewart – 01/05/2015 Gloriavale’s men are “groomed” to have sex with underage girls and should not shoulder the blame, the granddaughter of the commune’s leader says. Another former member has revealed that girls who put on weight were verbally abused and forced to fast. Read more here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/68166569/men-groomed-to-have-underage-sex-in-gloriavale-ex-member-says…
: By Jody O’Callaghan | Stuff | A call to close Gloriavale’s school over concerns of oppression has been rejected by West Coast MP Damien O’Connor. An educational researcher has criticised Gloriavale Christian Community School for depriving young people of their human rights, and said it should be closed. Quality Public…
