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Surviving Gloriavale: Former member Theophila Pratt on life inside closed community

March 4, 2025: | The Post | Theophila Pratt | When people find out Theophila Pratt was once a member of Gloriavale they often ask, why did you choose that life? In her…

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Gloriavale Escapee Answers Questions from Instagram!

March 4, 2025: | Dom Harvey Podcast | 27 year old Theo Pratt spent the first 18 years of her life in the Gloriavale cult. When she left as a young adult, she…

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Unveiled: Theophila Pratt’s story of surviving Gloriavale

March 3, 2025: | RNZ | Nine to Noon | At age 18 Theophila Pratt was dropped at a bus stop in Greymouth – bound ultimately for a place called Auckland, that she’d…

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Gloriavale Survivor – Exposing Abuse & Cult in India, Consequences of Leaving

March 2, 2025: | The Dom Harvey Podcast | At just 18 years old, Theo Pratt made the terrifying decision to leave the Gloriavale cult and everything she’d ever known—her family, her home,…

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De-banking restrictions back on the table?

February 24, 2025: | Bell Gully | Tim Fitzgerald, Julian Brown & Tristan Hutchinson | Parliament is to consider a Bill that would prohibit banks from refusing to provide services to customers, or…

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Duncan Webb: Labour MP for Christchurch Central

February 24, 2025: | Facebook | Today I popped down to Timaru to meet with the team at Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust. The work they do is extensive, broad and incredibly important. From…

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“How Cults Control Women”, Recover From Coercive Control

February 22, 2025: | Recover from Coercive Control | Renee Spencer| Patriarchy is a powerful tool for control, and cults know it. In this video, we break down how patriarchal structures are weaponised…

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Debanking in New Zealand: Lessons from Gloriavale

February 20, 2025: | MinterEllisonRuddWatts | Richard Gordon; Alex Church | In this episode, Litigation Partner, Richard Gordon talks to Senior Associate, Alex Church, about the outcome of a recent Court of Appeal case, Bank of New…

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Co-founder of ‘Real Handmaid’s Tale’ cult reveals disgusting reason he decided to quit the community

February 18, 2025: | Lad Bible | Michael Slavin | The new BBC documentary Escaping Utopia has detailed what it was like inside the Gloriavale cult Warning: The following article contains discussion of…

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Forget The Handmaid’s Tale, this real-life Kiwi cult is even creepier

February 17, 2025: | Daily Mail | Christopher Stevens | Liz Gregory likes to call herself ‘the Devil’. A committed Christian, she has devoted her life to helping refugees from a cult, whose…

Surviving Gloriavale: Former member Theophila Pratt on life inside closed community

Gloriavale Escapee Answers Questions from Instagram!

Unveiled: Theophila Pratt’s story of surviving Gloriavale

Gloriavale Survivor – Exposing Abuse & Cult in India, Consequences of Leaving

De-banking restrictions back on the table?

Duncan Webb: Labour MP for Christchurch Central

“How Cults Control Women”, Recover From Coercive Control

Debanking in New Zealand: Lessons from Gloriavale

Co-founder of ‘Real Handmaid’s Tale’ cult reveals disgusting reason he decided to quit the community

Forget The Handmaid’s Tale, this real-life Kiwi cult is even creepier

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