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Where Gloriana Pilgrim Former Gloriavale Member Finds God

June 18, 2025: | Star Radio | Lizzie Oakes | Put your trust in Jesus because he will lead you. Let go of everything else and God will be there’. Gloriana Pilgrim was born and raised in the conservative Christian community Gloriavale, based in Haupiri on the West Coast of the South Island…

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Gloriavale’s offer to personally apologise to victims of abuse a ‘PR stunt’

May 27, 2025: Gloriavale’s public offer to personally apologise to victims of abuse at the Christian community has been exposed as a PR stunt after leaders refused to say sorry, former members say. Leavers have shared details of email exchanges between former member Gideon Benjamin, Gloriavale servant Peter Righteous and lawyers with RNZ,…

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Gloriavale leaders refuse to apologise to former member

May 27, 2025: | RNZ | Checkpoint | Gloriavale leaders have refused to deliver a personal apology to a former member for abuse at the Christian community, despite publicly offering to say sorry to victims who ask for one. Leavers say that’s exposed their pledge as a PR stunt, as Jean Edwards reports.…

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Leaving a cult with Theophila Pratt (Part 1)

May 20, 2025: | Cult Chat | Podcast | Theophila Pratt, author of “Unveiled – A Story of Surviving Gloriavale” joins the team for our first of three episodes about leaving cults. This compelling conversation explores the immediate challenges, discusses identity construction, and the difficulties of finding people to help along the way.…

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Gloriavale Unveiled with Theophila Pratt

May 16, 2025: | Untidy | 1:01:17 | In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah speak with Theophila Pratt, a Gloriavale cult survivor, qualified paediatric occupational therapist, author, and fierce advocate for freedom and healing. Theo, formerly known as Honey Faithful, grew up in Gloriavale, an isolated and highly controlled Christian community…

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Debanking: The New Risk in Finance

May 5, 2025: | Wealth Morning | Simon Angelo | When I was working offshore, each day, I would walk past the entrance of Coutts Private Bank in Jersey. It was a reminder of the exclusive banking options some wealthy islanders enjoyed. Coutts has been providing banking services since 1692. It is the…

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Heaven and Hell: The Dark Truth Behind NZ’s Centrepoint & Gloriavale Cults

May 3, 2025: | Award Ceremony and More | Step inside two of New Zealand’s most notorious communities—Centrepoint and Gloriavale. This video explores the disturbing realities behind their promises of utopia, revealing stories of control, manipulation, and abuse from those who lived through it. Featuring survivor testimonies and documentary footage from Heaven and…

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Tough to escape Gloriavale says founder’s son

April 29, 2025: | Newstalk ZB |Emily Murphy | A man whose father founded Gloriavale says there’s no easy route out of the commune for those wishing to escape. The religious cult has hit the headlines after a string of ex-members spoke out about their experiences, with claims of brainwashing and sexual abuse.…

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Daughter of Gloriavale: My Life in a Religious Cult Audiobook by Lilia Tarawa

April 27, 2025: | Hot Audiobook | Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com ID: 553152 Title: Daughter of Gloriavale: My Life in a Religious Cult Author: Lilia Tarawa Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen Format: Unabridged Length: 09:10:49 Language: English Release date: 12-14-21 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Biography &…

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Gloriavale members showcase art in Greymouth exhibition

April 15, 2025: | NZ_Herald | Imogen Brophy | Artworks by members of West Coast religious community Gloriavale have taken centre stage at Greymouth’s Left Bank Art Gallery. The collection, named Glorious Artworks, includes paintings, drawings, and model aeroplanes, says community leader Peter Righteous. A photographer himself, Righteous says the artwork was created…

Where Gloriana Pilgrim Former Gloriavale Member Finds God

Gloriavale’s offer to personally apologise to victims of abuse a ‘PR stunt’

Gloriavale leaders refuse to apologise to former member

Leaving a cult with Theophila Pratt (Part 1)

Gloriavale Unveiled with Theophila Pratt

Debanking: The New Risk in Finance

Heaven and Hell: The Dark Truth Behind NZ’s Centrepoint & Gloriavale Cults

Tough to escape Gloriavale says founder’s son

Daughter of Gloriavale: My Life in a Religious Cult Audiobook by Lilia Tarawa

Gloriavale members showcase art in Greymouth exhibition

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