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Ex-Gloriavale teacher who smacked children with ruler says she tried to change culture

August 30, 2024: | The Press | Joanne Naish | A former Gloriavale teacher who hit pupils with a ruler believes the school is still not safe for children. Victory Disciple was found guilty of serious misconduct but not censured or ordered to pay costs after the Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal found it had…

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Sincere Standtrue inquest: Former workmate describes capable but impulsive worker

August 23, 2024: | RNZ | Anna Sargent | A young Gloriavale man who was found unresponsive in the Christian community’s paint shop had spoken to his workmates only 20 minutes earlier, an inquest has heard. Sincere Standtrue died at Christchurch Hospital, 10 days later. An inquest is being held to determine the…

Articles, Legal: High Court

The Christian Church Community Trust (Gloriavale) v BNZ

August 23, 2024: | Ethos | Alex Penk| Case Note | “De-banking” involves a bank terminating a customer’s account and leaving them to find an alternative financial institution—if they can. Banks can close accounts for perfectly legitimate reasons, like bankruptcy, or where an account is used for criminal purposes, or there are insurmountable regulatory…

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Sincere Standtrue inquest: Desperate efforts made to save young Gloriavale man

August 21, 2024: | RNZ | Anna Sargent | An inquest has heard of desperate efforts to save a young Gloriavale man who was found unresponsive in the Christian community’s paint shop in 2018. Sincere Standtrue died at Christchurch Hospital 10 days later. An inquest is being held in Greymouth to determine the…

Articles, Education

School under ERO watch

August 21, 2024: | Greymouth Star | Laura Mills |Subscription Only Education specialists have been working with Gloriavale School, with a fresh review due. The school needs to pass the review in order to keep its funding. The Education Review Office visited last October and found the private school was not providing an…

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Sincere Standtrue inquest: Gloriavale member says young man ‘miserable’ before death

August 17, 2024: | RNZ | Anna Sargent | A former Gloriavale member has told the inquest into the death of a young member in 2018 that the 20-year-old was miserable at the Christian community. Sincere Standtrue died at Christchurch Hospital 10 days after he was found unresponsive at Gloriavale’s paint shop, where…

Articles, Cults and Sects, Royal Commission

New Zealand Uncovers Historic Abuse in Church-Run Institutions

August 16, 2024: | Christianity Today | Isabel Ong | Survivors, advocates, and pastors call for “true repentance” among religious groups that ran schools and homes between 1950 and 1999. Over the next few years, Tagaloa began piecing together long-buried memories and came to recognize that she had been sexually abused between the ages of…

Articles, Cults and Sects

Inside NZ’s most Notorious Cults w/ Anke Richter

August 16, 2024: | Rova | Duncan Garner | From Centrepoint to Gloriavale, some of our most notorious cults will be in the spotlight at ‘Decult’ – Australasia’s first cult awareness conference. It is taking place in Christchurch later this year – the brainchild of investigative journalist and author Anke Richter. Experts and…

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Sincere Standtrue inquest: ‘Sincere was relatively happy,’ his brother says

August 15, 2024: | RNZ | Anna Sargent | Warning: This story discusses suicide. The brother of a Gloriavale man who died in 2018 has told an inquest he was not aware of his brother being badly bullied at the Christian community. Sincere Standtrue died at Christchurch Hospital, 10 days after he was…

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Sincere Standtrue inquest: ‘Faith a barrier’ to Gloriavale member taking own life – workmate

August 14, 2024: | RNZ | Anna Sargent | Warning: This story discusses suicide. A Gloriavale man has told an inquest that he does not believe a young member who died in 2018 took his own life. Sincere Standtrue died at Christchurch Hospital, 10 days after he was found unresponsive at the Christian…

Ex-Gloriavale teacher who smacked children with ruler says she tried to change culture

Sincere Standtrue inquest: Former workmate describes capable but impulsive worker

The Christian Church Community Trust (Gloriavale) v BNZ

Sincere Standtrue inquest: Desperate efforts made to save young Gloriavale man

School under ERO watch

Sincere Standtrue inquest: Gloriavale member says young man ‘miserable’ before death

New Zealand Uncovers Historic Abuse in Church-Run Institutions

Inside NZ’s most Notorious Cults w/ Anke Richter

Sincere Standtrue inquest: ‘Sincere was relatively happy,’ his brother says

Sincere Standtrue inquest: ‘Faith a barrier’ to Gloriavale member taking own life – workmate

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