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Sincere Standtrue inquest: ‘Faith a barrier’ to Gloriavale member taking own life – workmate
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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…
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Gloriavale inquest: Mother who saw Sincere Standtrue minutes before fatal incident says there were ‘no alarm bells’
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Gloriavale inquest: Mother who saw Sincere Standtrue minutes before fatal incident says there were ‘no alarm bells’

August 13, 2024: | 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…
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Gloriavale: Sincere Standtrue ‘friendly, personable and happy’ before he died
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Gloriavale: Sincere Standtrue ‘friendly, personable and happy’ before he died

August 13, 2024: | 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…
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Sincere Standtrue inquest: Gloriavale leader denies seeing outright bullying
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Sincere Standtrue inquest: Gloriavale leader denies seeing outright bullying

August 12, 2024: | 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,…
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Gloriavale teacher jailed for 4 years for 40 years of crimes
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Gloriavale teacher jailed for 4 years for 40 years of crimes

August 9, 2024: | 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…
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Teacher jailed for sex offences
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Teacher jailed for sex offences

August 9, 2024: | 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…
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Gloriavale teacher’s brazen sexual offending was never hidden – victim
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Gloriavale teacher’s brazen sexual offending was never hidden – victim

August 9, 2024: | 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…
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Ex-Gloriavale teacher jailed for sexual, violent offending
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Ex-Gloriavale teacher jailed for sexual, violent offending

August 9, 2024: | 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…
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Former Gloriavale teacher jailed for abuse, assault of children
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Former Gloriavale teacher jailed for abuse, assault of children

August 9, 2024: | 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…
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Former Gloriavale teacher sexually or violently abused 20 children
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Former Gloriavale teacher sexually or violently abused 20 children

August 9, 2024: | 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…
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