Our fascination with Gloriavale is all about secrets, sex and salvation
By: Martin van Beynen – 18/05/2018 (Video can be viewed in article link). OPINION: What is it that makes regular folks so fascinated by Gloriavale, the Christian sect of about 500 people based in godforsaken Haupiri on the West Coast? And believe me, people are. We can tell which stories on Stuff are well read […]
Who was Hopeful Christian and how did he rise to notoriety at Gloriavale?
By Brad Flahive – Stuff – 15/05/2018 [Video can be viewed in article link] One of New Zealand’s most controversial figures has died after a battle with cancer, aged 92. Hopeful Christian, founder of the Gloriavale commune and convicted sex offender, died on Tuesday at the secluded community on the South Island’s West Coast. A […]
Gloriavale: The Hopeful Christian interview
By Jehan Casinader – Stuff – 15/05/2018 [Audio link in article] This story was first published in 2015, but has been republished after Hopeful Christian died after a battle with cancer on Tuesday. “Did you know”, Hopeful Christian whispers, “that some medical vaccines contain the embryos of aborted fetuses? Did you know that? Aborted fetuses. […]