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…

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…

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,…

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)…

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…

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…