Gloriavale member strikes back at ‘slave’ claims as case resumes
A Gloriavale member has hit back at claims that women in the religious community were made to work long hours in ‘slave-like’ conditions.
Priscilla Stedfast, was the latest witness to testify at the ongoing Employment Court case against Gloriavale, which resumed in Christchurch this week. The case is centred about six women who claimed they were made to work long hours in “slave-like” conditions from as young as 6 or 7.
The case will decide whether their kitchen and laundry duties should have seen them treated as employees, rather than volunteers.
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