: | NZ Herald | Anna Leask | Disgraced former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple has successfully appealed his two-year prison sentence. That means he will not spend a minute behind bars for more than 20 years of sexual offending against girls and women, most of which occurred while he was the official…
: | The Press | Brett Kerr-Laurie and Joanne Naish | A former Gloriavale member says the justice system is failing victims of sexual assault after former leader Howard’s Temple prison sentence for inappropriately touching girls over two decades in the religious community was quashed. Temple’s sentence has been drastically reduced by a…
: | 1 News | The former leader of Gloriavale has won an appeal he took after being sentenced for sexual offending against young girls and will no longer be jailed. Howard Temple, 85, pleaded guilty to 12 charges, including indecent assault, involving young women and girls between 2002 and 2022.…
: | Exodus Brothers | What happens when the only world you’ve ever known tells you who you are allowed to be? In this episode we talk with Lilia Tarawa, who was born and raised inside the isolated Gloriavale Christian Cult in New Zealand — a place built on strict obedience,…
: | The Press | Brett Kerr-Laurie | Former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple says his 26-month prison sentence for inappropriately touching girls over two decades is unfair. Through his lawyer, Temple, 85, argued part of the sentence was “more than stern”, and his remorse, age, health and “onerous” bail conditions were…
: | RNZ | Keiller MacDuff | The lawyer for convicted sex offender and former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple claims jailing the 85-year-old was excessive. Temple was sentenced to 26 months’ jail in December for indecencies on multiple girls and young women. He immediately appealed and has been on bail. His lawyer, Michael…
: | NZ Herald | Anna Leask | Disgraced former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple has appealed the jail sentence handed down to him in December after he admitted a raft of sex offences against girls and women over a period of more than 20 years. His lawyer said the sentence was…
: | Greymouth Star | TVNZ has been granted access to documents held by the Employment Court relating to suppression orders and judgments involving Gloriavale members. In an interlocutory judgment made on February 12, Chief Employment Court Judge Christina Inglis has permitted the TVNZ Natural History Unit access to copies of…
: | Greymouth Star | Scout Atkins |Subscription Only Greymouth raised award-winning television producer Dame Julie Christie has been back on the West Coast, working on a new documentary series that will take viewers inside the controversial Gloriavale Christian Community at Lake Haupiri. Dame Julie said the production team is currently…
: | Greymouth Star | Brendon McMahon |Greymouth Star The Gloriavale Christian Community returned a small surplus of $85,201 in the 2024-25 financial year, turning around the $800,000 deficit it reported to Charities Services the previous year. The annual returns for the Christian Community Trust — the umbrella organisaiton which gives…