: By Laura Mills, ODT – 27/08/2021 As health authorities try to increase Covid-19 vaccination rates on the West Coast, at least 600 people will miss out — at Gloriavale Christian Community. The community did not respond to a query but has refused other vaccines in the past and the Greymouth…
: By Joanne Naish | Stuff | A Gloriavale teacher has been charged after allegedly assaulting four children in as many years. Vigilant Standtrue is facing seven charges of assaulting children. He made his first appearance in the Greymouth District Court on August 11 and did not seek name suppression. The…
: By Nadine Porter – Stuff – 12/08/2021 Former residents of Gloriavale have revealed there were mass signings of a “commitment document” under duress, during dinner, with no time to read or understand what they were signing. In a Labour Inspectorate report released to Stuff, leavers of the secretive West Coast…
: By Joanne Naish | Stuff | The school at the West Coast’s Gloriavale Christian Community is at the centre of an investigation into child safety. Police, Oranga Tamariki and the Ministry of Education are investigating allegations students have been mistreated. It is understood some staff have been stood down at…
: By Devon Bolger | NZ Herald | A police inquiry into physical and sexual abuse at Gloriavale is now focusing on the on-site school. The Ministry of Education and Oranga Tamariki have confirmed an investigation is under way. A spokesperson for the ministry said they are in contact with the…
: 1News [Video can be viewed in article link – Breakfast TVNZ] Gloriavale isn’t a safe place for children, according to a group that supports people who leave the reclusive Christian community. It comes as 1 NEWS revealed this morning Gloriavale Christian School is the focus of a new police inquiry…
: 1 News – Ryan Boswell – 10/08/2021 [Video can be viewed in article link] Former Gloriavale members claim they’ve been forced to sign documents not knowing what they were. Isaac Pilgrim was born at the West Coast commune, and fled to Timaru with his 10 children in 2018. He told…
: Michael Morrah – Newshub – 04/08/2021 [Video can be viewed in article link]. The head of a group helping people who leave Gloriavale says a former resident admitting he sexually offended against children is “incredibly tragic” and believes Gloriavale’s leaders have allowed abuse to flourish. A 55-year-old man, who has…
: By Joanne Naish | Stuff | A former Gloriavale man has pleaded guilty to 11 charges of sexual offending against children – at least one under the age of 12 – but denied a further 27 charges. The charges against the man include the rape, sexual violation and indecent assault…
: Ryan Boswell – 1 News – 04/08/2021 [Video can be viewed in article link]. A former Gloriavale man has pleaded guilty to 11 charges of sexual offending against children. The man, who has name suppression, appeared via video link from Christchurch at the Greymouth District Court today. He is facing…
