Police, WorkSafe, Labour Inspectorate visit Gloriavale after allegations of controlling behaviour, worker exploitation
Michael Morrah – 28/09/2020 [Video can be viewed in article link]. Police, WorkSafe and the Labour Inspectorate have all visited Gloriavale after a Newshub investigation uncovered claims of controlling behaviour by leaders and the exploitation of workers. Newshub can reveal Justice Minister Andrew Little has instructed the Labour Inspectorate to get involved, after the agency […]
Gloriavale accused of targeting members who spoke out against controlling leadership
By Michael Morrah – 27/09/2020 [Video can be viewed in article link]. Newshub has learned the current Gloriavale members who spoke to Newshub about the controlling nature of their leaders have been targeted for speaking to us. A human rights advocate says one of the men was made to meet in a room with 70 […]
Top lawyer compares Gloriavale’s leadership to Islamic State
By Michael Morrah – 26/09/2020 [Video can be viewed in article link]. A top Auckland lawyer has likened Gloriavale’s leadership to the terrorist organisation, Islamic State [IS]. That might sound like an extreme comparison, but he’s referring to the control leaders have over the flock. Dennis Gates has been investigating the secretive group for the […]
Worksafe inspectors look into Gloriavale over current members’ claims of punishing work hours
By Michael Morrah – 25/09/2020 [Video can be viewed in article link]. It follows Newshub’s story on Thursday night, where two current members revealed their punishing work hours and controlling and threatening behaviour from their leaders. The two men risked everything to reveal what they say is the reality of life inside Gloriavale. “It’s just […]
WorkSafe inspectors heading to Gloriavale after claims of 20-hour work days
Stuff – 25/09/2020 WorkSafe is sending inspectors to the Gloriavale Christian community to look into claims some members were forced to work more than 20 hours a day. Newshub reported on Thursday that two community members had spoken out about incredibly long work days, demanded by “controlling” community leaders known as “shepherds”. “Sometimes you could […]
Gloriavale leavers tell their story in Tauranga
By Emma Houpt – 25/09/2020 “Am I just going to allow my authenticity, my uniqueness and my power as a woman to be slowly eroded, or am I going to do the most terrifying thing and leave Gloriavale to find myself?” That was the question Constance Ready asked herself just before she fled Gloriavale in […]
Current Gloriavale members sneak out to openly criticise leaders
By Michael Morrah – 24/09/2020 [Video can be viewed in article link]. For the first time ever, members of Gloriavale walked out in secret to raise serious allegations of control, long work hours and mental abuse. “I feel this is my way of helping that change. Not to destroy people’s lives up there, but to […]
The AM Show with Duncan Garner talking about the legal proceedings that John Ready is taking against Gloriavale.
AM Show with Duncan Garner – 24/09/2020 Video link to Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust Facebook page where this video is recorded. The AM Show with Duncan Garner talking about the legal proceedings that John Ready is taking against Gloriavale. View here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=636254033705829