Gloriavale principal knew of sexual offending but allowed teacher to continue working: Stuff

By Joanne Naish | Stuff |

The principal at the Gloriavale Christian School has been suspended for serious misconduct.

A decision by the New Zealand Teachers’ Disciplinary Tribunal says Faithful Pilgrim was a teacher at the school for 45 years and was principal from 1995 to 2020.

It found that on two occasions in 2012 and 2016, he endorsed a teacher as being of “good character and fit to be a teacher” on an application form to renew his practising certificate, when Pilgrim knew he had sexually abused a 9-year-old student.

The New Zealand Teaching Council began investigating Pilgrim after receiving a complaint from the Gloriavale Leavers Support Trust that he failed to keep pupils safe by covering up Just Standfast’s offending.

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