RNZ / Newshub – Former Gloriavale members push for community’s leaders to be removed and replaced

RNZ / Newshub – Former Gloriavale members push for community’s leaders to be removed and replaced

By Tim Brown – RNZ 19/05/2021

Former Gloriavale members want the church’s leadership removed and the Public Trust appointed in its place.

John Ready and other unnamed plaintiffs are taking a civil suit against The Christian Church Community Trust, commonly known as Gloriavale, as well as trustees and shareholders associated with the community.

Gloriavale was founded in the late 1960s in Canterbury by Neville Cooper.

Cooper, who was known as Hopeful Christian, would later be convicted of sexual abuse.

Read more here: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/05/former-gloriavale-members-push-for-community-s-leaders-to-be-removed-and-replaced.html