NZ Herald – Ex-Gloriavale member was victim of ‘wrong relationship’

By Patrice Dougan – NZ Herald – 22/04/2015

A young woman who left the secretive Gloriavale Christian Community says she was the victim of a “wrong relationship” with an adult married man when she was just a child.

Such relationships were not unheard of during her 19 years living in the isolated West Coast church community, she said, with church leaders turning a blind eye to the sexual nature of inappropriate adult-child relationships.

Julia, 22, who left Gloriavale three years ago, said adults in the community had relationships with minors.

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