: By Laura Mills | Greymouth Star | Gloriavale has hit back at the banking sector as the BNZ tries to close its accounts, saying banks should not act as “moral arbiter”. The Lake Haupiri Christian community’s submission to the Commerce Commission inquiry into retail banking competition comes after the BNZ…
: By Jonathan Milne | Newsroom Pro | A controversial West Coast Christian community is seeking to overturn the tables of the money lenders Gloriavale leaders say some banks are refusing to serve customers they deem to be “undesirable”. Purporting to represent religious minorities, Māori, rural, disabled and elderly members of society excluded…
: By Dexter Tilo | HRD – Human Resources Director | Cites court findings that women had ‘very little real choice’ when it came to work The recent ruling on the Gloriavale case underscores the need for legislation on modern slavery in New Zealand, according to an employment lawyer. John Farrow,…
: By John Farrow | Otago Daily Times | The chief judge of the Employment Court’s recent declaration that Serenity Pilgrim and other women in the Gloriavale community were employees is vaguely unsettling. It’s not that the decision isn’t just. It’s not that the decision isn’t well reasoned. It’s not that…
: By Joanne Naish | The Press | After two jury trials, Salem Temple – the son of Gloriavale’s overseeing shepherd – had his charges of sexual offending against a young girl dropped. Eight years after that girl, now a woman, went to police, the story of what she claims Temple…
: by Joanne Naish | Stuff | The son of Gloriavale’s overseeing shepherd can now be named as the man accused but never convicted of sexual offending against a young girl. Salem Temple, 40, faced two charges of indecently assaulting a girl aged between 12 and 16, one of indecent assault…
: By Ian Rogers | BankingDay | Bank of New Zealand will need to continue supplying banking services to a controversial Christian community, following a ruling by the New Zealand High Court late last week. The Christian Church Community Trust, more commonly known as the Gloriavale Christian community has been disputing the…
: By Joanne Naish | The Press | BNZ has been ordered to continue providing banking for the Gloriavale Christian Community. The bank’s decision to close Gloriavale’s accounts followed an Employment Court ruling in May last year that found three former members – who began working at the community from age 6 –…
: By Joanne Naish | The Press | Young people leaving Gloriavale should be offered extra support – similar to refugees – including help identifying academic gaps, social needs and undiagnosed learning difficulties, a report has found. The report was written in August last year, but the Ministry of Education says…
: | NZ Herald | A senior leader of the Gloriavale Christian community seriously injured in a crash at the weekend suffered a punctured lung and other internal injures. It was also feared Peter Righteous had serious spinal injuries but it now appears he has escaped such damage. Righteous was a…
