: By Lee Kenny | Stuff | Six former residents of Gloriavale Christian Community, all of them women, have won the right to have their case heard in the Employment Court. The case will be treated as urgent to ensure the safety of other females, including young girls, who still live…
: By Belinda Feek – NZ Herald – 28/03/2022 A second group of former Gloriavale residents have won a bid to have their employment status heard in the Employment Court. A three week hearing is now being organised to determine whether Serenity Pilgrim, Anna Courage, Rose Standtrue, Crystal Loyal, Pearl Valor…
: An anonymous reflection from a Gloriavale Leaver (male), following the Employment Court case: https://www.gloriavaleleavers.org.nz/portfolio/anonymous-religious-duress/…
: Happy First Freedom Day!!! Meet the Disciple family. Dad, Faithful, wrote this on his FB wall, “One year ago my wife and I made the difficult and desperate decision to take our family out of Gloriavale for a 3-day break. Our lives will never be the same again.” Faithful was…
: By Joanne Naish – Stuff – 13/03/2022 Children who work for long hours at Gloriavale under threat of hell, being hit, starved or kicked out if they refuse are not slaves, a court has heard. Three leavers have lodged a case in the Employment Court against the attorney-general and leaders…
: By Kurt Bayer – NZ Herald – 12/03/2022 A “significant cluster” of Covid-19 cases has broken out at the Gloriavale Christian community. It’s understood that members are now self-isolating inside the closed religious community, which has about 600 members on sprawling land at Haupiri, 60km inland from Greymouth on the…
: By Joanne Naish – Stuff – 10/03/2022 A police letter to the Gloriavale Christian Community reveals a list of places where harmful sexual behaviour was taking place – including inside a dinosaur in the dining room. A police inquiry into allegations of child sexual abuse at the West Coast community…
: Leavers have been reflecting on their own experiences of living and working in Gloriavale, since the Employment Court Case is a hot topic at present. Here are Ezra Hope’s reflections: https://www.gloriavaleleavers.org.nz/portfolio/ezra-coercive-control-work/…
: It’s timely to reflect on those women we know who are in Gloriavale and who are not able to have a voice. We think about those women who have not been able to truly and freely choose who they marry, what school their children attend, what job they do, and…
: By Joanne Naish – Stuff – 07/03/2022 A secret audio recording has captured Gloriavale leader Howard Temple saying workers at the community are “nothing” and “nobody” who need to completely obey everything the leaders say, or leave. The audio, released to Stuff by the Employment Court, was recorded by a…
