Gloriavale women deny claims they are brainwashed and ignorant: 1News

By Ryan Boswell | 1 News |

Gloriavale woman are suffering “immense trauma and hurt” over claims they are brainwashed and ignorant, according to the commune’s school principal.

Rachel Steadfast is giving evidence at the Employment Court, which is deciding whether six women who worked at Gloriavale were employees or volunteers.

She said it’s not true that women are under the total control of the leadership, and that the story painted in the media had been one-sided because “as Christians we don’t fight back”.

Ready said she got to choose who she married, how many children she had and how she spends the money she’s earnt.

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