: | NZ Herald | Anna Leask | WARNING: This story deals with suicide. Please see below for help and crisis information. A Gloriavale mother of seven was the last to see Sincere Standtrue alive, interacting with him just 15 minutes before his sudden death. The woman told Coroner Alexandra Cunninghame that Standtrue seemed happy…
: | 1News | Anna Sargent | Nothing seemed out of the ordinary about a Gloriavale man on the day he was found unresponsive in the Christian community in 2018, an inquest has heard. Sincere Standtrue, who was 20, died in hospital after being found unresponsive in Gloriavale’s paint shop where…
: | RNZ | Rachel Graham | One of the leaders of the Gloriavale Christian Community has told an inquest into the death of a young man in 2018 that he never saw any serious bullying of him. Sincere Standtrue, 20, was found unresponsive in Gloriavale’s paint shop where he worked,…
: | RNZ | Checkpoint | Just Standfast was sentenced to four years imprisonment for the offending that took place over a 40 year period inside the secretive Christchurch community. Adam Burns was at the Greymouth District Court, and a warning some of the details in his report are distressing. Audio…
: | Greymouth Star | Subscription Only | Offending over 40 years A former Gloriavale school teacher has been sentenced to four years in prison for sexual offending against 15 girls — five years after he was first convicted of sexually abusing a nine-year-old. In May, Just Standfast pleaded guilty to two charges…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | A woman sexually abused by her teacher at Gloriavale says her “heart is full of sorrow” for all the children who suffered brazen sexual abuse and brutal beatings in the isolated community. Just Standfast was sentenced by the Greymouth District Court on Friday…
: | 1News | Ryan Boswell | A former Gloriavale teacher who abused or assaulted 21 victims has been sentenced to four years in prison. In May, Just Standfast pleaded guilty to two charges of sex violation by unlawful sexual connection against two girls aged seven and 14, 10 charges of…
: | RNZ | Adam Burns | Warning: This story contains content some readers may find distressing. A former Gloriavale teacher who abused and assaulted at least 20 children over a 40-year stretch has left a “terrible, tragic legacy”, a court has heard. Just Standfast was sentenced to four years imprisonment…
: | Stuff | Joanne Naish | A former Gloriavale teacher who openly sexually abused children in his classroom has been sentenced to four years in prison for offending that spanned 40 years. Just Standfast was sentenced by Judge Quentin Hix in the Greymouth District Court on Friday for 23 charges…
: | 1News | Ryan Boswell | Survivors of abuse in faith-based care are worried perpetrators and institutions won’t be held accountable despite the findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse. The inquiry, which reported last month after a six-year investigation, found the moral authority of religious leaders had…