: 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…
: 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…
: 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…
: | Greymouth Star | Laura Mills | Gloriavale says it is being harassed and does not know who to turn to. In a statement yesterday to the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care, leaders said the continual call for investigations into their communal life had been traumatic for many of…
: 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…
: 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…
: By Andrew McRae | Reporter RNZ | The Gloriavale Christian Community will appear for the first time at the Abuse in Care inquiry starting this morning in Auckland. It is the last public hearing for the Royal Commission, which started its work in 2019. It is looking into abuse in…
: A chance meeting with a former resident of Bert Potter’s Centrepoint community started journalist Anke Richter on what became a decade-long deep dive into groups that exert high levels of control on members. The result of her investigation is a book, Cult Trip: Inside the world of coercion and control exploring a myriad of…
: Rural News West Coast milk processor Westland Milk Products has been ordered by the High Court to continue picking milk from three dairy farms associated with the Gloriavale community. The company’s argument that Gloriavale-owned Canaan Farms employed children to do farm work and processing their milk affected relationships with major…
: Media Release | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry | The responses of faith institutions to abuse and neglect of children, young people and vulnerable adults in their care will be examined by the Royal Commission of Inquiry during a public hearing from 13 to 20 October. The Royal…
