Gloriavale closed off to mourn as Hopeful Christian is laid to rest

May 16, 2018: | NZ Herald | Kurt Bayer and Meghan Lawrence | The secretive Gloriavale religious commune has closed off the outside world as it buries its controversial leader Hopeful Christian today.…

Gloriavale founder Hopeful Christian dies

May 15, 2018: | Stuff | Hopeful Christian, founder of the Gloriavale commune and convicted sex offender, has died at the secluded community. A family member told Stuff Christian, who was 92, died on Tuesday afternoon…

Gloriavale founder dies aged 92

May 15, 2018: | RNZ | Also known as Neville Cooper, he established a community known as the “Cooperites” in 1969 in North Canterbury. The community later moved to the West Coast in…