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Inquest into death of 20-year-old Gloriavale man opens

May 20, 2024: | The Press | Joanne Naish | A coroner’s inquest into the sudden death of a 20-year-old man in the Gloriavale Christian Community has opened in Greymouth. Sincere Standtrue died on November 2, 2018 in Christchurch Hospital. Coroner Alexandra Cunninghame opened the inquest in the Greymouth District Court on Monday by…

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Death of Gloriavale’s Sincere Standtrue: Coroner probes man’s sudden death in 2018

May 20, 2024: | NZ Herald | Anna Leask | WARNING: This story deals with suicide. Please see below for help and crisis information. A coroner will hear from 52 witnesses about the death of a young man at Gloriavale as she determines whether he took his own life or died accidentally while practising a…

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Inquest underway into death of Gloriavale member Sincere Standtrue

May 20, 2024: | RNZ | Niva Chittock | An inquest into the death of a 20-year-old Gloriavale man has begun today in Greymouth. Sincere Standtrue died in Christchurch Hospital in November 2018, the eldest in his family of 11 siblings. From the age of 15, he worked in the Christian community’s paint…

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Gloriavale man accused of multiple violent assaults on boys

May 15, 2024: | The Press | Joanne Naish | Gloriavale man is facing 14 charges of assaulting four boys with blunt weapons. Vigilant Standtrue, 42, was granted interim name suppression at his first appearance in April. He previously taught at the school at the Gloriavale Christian Community and still lives there. He did not…

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Rosie Overcomer, Former Gloriavale Member: “They Tried to Run My Husband Over”

May 13, 2024: | The Dom Harvey Podcast | Rosie Overcomer was born and raised in Gloriavale. She left 11 years ago at the age of 26 with her husband Elijah and their 3 young children. Since then, they have had three more children and life looks very different to how it did…

Articles, Cults and Sects

Cult documentary will help provide resources for survivors

May 12, 2024: | Sunday Star Times | Joanne Naish | Donations for a documentary on Australasia’s first cult awareness conference in Christchurch this year have reached more than half of the directors’ target in just two days. Christchurch film-makers Robyn Jordaan and Caleb MacDonald are crowdfunding to create a documentary about the Decult…

Articles, Legal: Criminal Court

Young Gloriavale sex offender a product of his environment

May 11, 2024: | Timaru Herald | Doug Sail | The flawed upbringing of young people at the Gloriavale Christian Community has been highlighted as a young man has been spared convictions on sex charges involving children, all committed when he was aged 14 to 15. The man, who was also granted permanent…

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Youth event lined up

May 10, 2024: | Greymouth Star | Ariana Stewart | Subscription Only David Ready escaped Gloriavale. Twins, Tane Mahuta and Te Akaraupo Heke Pakeha, are survivors of family violence. Pania Tepaiho-Marsh started hunting for her own mental health and now leads hunting excursions for women in need. They are just three of the…

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10 govt agencies, six ministers watching Gloriavale

May 9, 2024: | Greymouth Star | Laura Mills | Subscription Only At least 10 government agencies and six cabinet ministers now have oversight of the under-pressure Gloriavale Christian Community at Lake Haupiri. The likes of the police, Health NZ and Oranga Tamariki have teams working at the 600-strong community each week. The…

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Gloriavale appeal allowed

May 3, 2024: | Greymouth Star | Gloriavale Christian Community has been granted permission to appeal an Employment Court ruling that found girls were employees and entitled to minimum entitlements. Last year, the court ruled that six former Gloriavale women had actually been employees working under punishing conditions for years on end at…

Inquest into death of 20-year-old Gloriavale man opens

Death of Gloriavale’s Sincere Standtrue: Coroner probes man’s sudden death in 2018

Inquest underway into death of Gloriavale member Sincere Standtrue

Gloriavale man accused of multiple violent assaults on boys

Rosie Overcomer, Former Gloriavale Member: “They Tried to Run My Husband Over”

Cult documentary will help provide resources for survivors

Young Gloriavale sex offender a product of his environment

Youth event lined up

10 govt agencies, six ministers watching Gloriavale

Gloriavale appeal allowed

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