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Surviving and diving into the world of cults as an outsider
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Surviving and diving into the world of cults as an outsider

October 30, 2022: By Naomi Arnold | Stuff | How do you write about people suffering from severe trauma without making it worse? What are the boundaries between journalist and subject? Naomi Arnold writes about five years of watching journalist, cult reporter and friend Anke Richter suffer the weight of those questions while…
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Gloriavale man jailed for sexual offending against child loses name suppression
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Gloriavale man jailed for sexual offending against child loses name suppression

October 27, 2022: By Joanne Naish | Stuff | A judge has expressed concern about the father of a young victim of sexual offending at Gloriavale supplying the court with a second, vastly different, impact statement. Joseph Hope, a member of the Gloriavale Christian Community, was sentenced in the Greymouth District Court in…
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RNZ – Govt agencies failed to protect community from convicted Gloriavale child abuser – former member
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RNZ – Govt agencies failed to protect community from convicted Gloriavale child abuser – former member

October 21, 2022: By Andrew McRae – RNZ – 21/10/2022 A former member of the Gloriavale Christian Community says she is not holding her breath for any meaningful change to take place there. Rosanna Overcomer, who has been out of the community for nine years, gave a statement to the Abuse in Care…
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From Centrepoint to Gloriavale, why are we still naive about sexually dangerous cults?
Articles, Cults and Sects

From Centrepoint to Gloriavale, why are we still naive about sexually dangerous cults?

October 20, 2022: By Dr Caroline Ansley | The Spinoff | This month’s Gloriavale hearing has been chillingly evocative of the abuse Dr Caroline Ansley endured as a child at Centrepoint in the 1980s. She asks, why do we still allow these predatory environments to thrive? And where is the ongoing support for…
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Let’s Talk About Sects – Interview Episode: Gloriavale with Noel Smyth & Fergus Grady
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Let’s Talk About Sects – Interview Episode: Gloriavale with Noel Smyth & Fergus Grady

October 19, 2022: By Sarah Steele – Let’s Talk About Sects – 19/10/2022 When widespread abuse is uncovered at a New Zealand cult, a family must turn to the legal system in an effort to save themselves and their community from the all-powerful leaders. Filmmakers Noel Smyth and Fergus Grady documented the impact…
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RN Drive – The secrets inside Gloriavale
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RN Drive – The secrets inside Gloriavale

October 17, 2022: RN Drive, ABC, Sky Kirkham, Producer – 17/10/2022 Founded in New Zealand at the end of the 1960s by an Australian preacher, the Gloriavale Christian Community is home to around 600 people. Led by a small group of ‘shepherds’, members are isolated from outside society and ex-communication means exile from…
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Gloriavale gets clothing made in China to free up women from chores
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Gloriavale gets clothing made in China to free up women from chores

October 17, 2022: By Laura Mills | Stuff | Gloriavale says it is getting some clothing made in China to free up women from sewing chores at the Lake Haupiri Christian community. Parents are also supervising children more as the community brings about a culture change in response to child abuse. Overseeing shepherd…
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Gloriavale laid bare before Inquiry
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Gloriavale laid bare before Inquiry

October 15, 2022: By Laura Mills | Greymouth Star | Gloriavale says it is getting some clothing made in China to free up women from sewing chores at the Lake Haupiri Christian community. Parents are also supervising children more as the community brings about a culture change in response to child abuse. Overseeing…
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Gloriavale’s top leader promises ‘no more abuse’ at the West Coast cult
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Gloriavale’s top leader promises ‘no more abuse’ at the West Coast cult

October 13, 2022: By Joanne Naish and Katie Doyle | Stuff | The leader of Gloriavale has vowed that there will be “no more abuse” at the secretive West Coast Christian community but denied that its doctrines had allowed it to flourish in the past. Gloriavale’s overseeing shepherd, Howard Temple, has been answering…
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Head of Gloriavale admits past abuse in religious community
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Head of Gloriavale admits past abuse in religious community

October 13, 2022: By Jayden Holmes | Today FM | The head of Gloriavale has admitted abuse happened at the religious community. Howard Temple is making a rare public appearance at the inquiry into abuse in care and faith-based institutions. He was questioned about an incident where a man was accused of sexual…
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