Gloriavale Christian Community assets top $40 million

February 29, 2016: By: Joanne Carroll – 29/02/2016 The Gloriavale Christian Community has opened up to defend its tax status as its assets reach more than $40 million. The community leaders took out a large advertisement in the Greymouth Star on Saturday after its financial statements were released online. Read more here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/77378317/gloriavale-christian-community-assets-top-40-million…

Gloriavale, girls, and the purpose of education

October 29, 2015: | Stuff | Catherine Delahunty | This week Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty took up the invitation from the women of Gloriavale to visit and see how their community and educational opportunities work. OPINION: The welcome my colleague and I received could not have been more open and hospitable despite the…

Former Gloriavale indecent assault victim: ‘He’s no man of God’

August 31, 2015: | NZ Herald | The woman who put Gloriavale cult leader Hopeful Christian in prison says he is no man of God and labelled him a “pervert”. Yvette Olsen this month applied through the courts to have her name suppression lifted and spoke to TVNZ’s Sunday programme tonight about how…

Teen who fled Gloriavale admits golf course burnouts

August 10, 2015: By David Clarkson and Michael Wright | Stuff | A teenager who left the West Coast’s religious Gloriavale community has admitted doing burnouts on a golf course. Barnabas Ben-Canaan, 18, appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Monday where he pleaded guilty to charges of wilful damage and driving while…

Is there a Gloriavale Commune in Southern Tamil Nadu?

May 7, 2015: | Indiafacts | …So, this group from New Zealand brings Indian (likely Tamil) parents and children to NZ. They ‘return’ back to India (Tamil Nadu, going by the news reports) with New Zealand women from the commune.Which raises intriguing questions: what is the connection between New Zealand and Tamil Nadu?…

You’re not under arrest, we just want some answers… How old are you

May 2, 2015: | National Library | Michael Moreu | Shows three policemen interrogating a parrot under a spotlight. The bewildered looking parrot is labelled ‘Ex Property of Gloriavale’. Refers to Christian community Gloriavale’s sale of a pet parrot on auction site TradeMe. The auction caught public attention, coming soon after a number…

Men ‘groomed’ to have underage sex in Gloriavale, ex-member says

May 1, 2015: By: Ashleigh Stewart – 01/05/2015 Gloriavale’s men are “groomed” to have sex with underage girls and should not shoulder the blame, the granddaughter of the commune’s leader says. Another former member has revealed that girls who put on weight were verbally abused and forced to fast. Read more here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/68166569/men-groomed-to-have-underage-sex-in-gloriavale-ex-member-says…