Gloriavale History

April 28, 2024: | WRSP | Peter Lineham | A timeline and history of the Gloriavale Community, researched by Peter LIneham. Peter Lineham has for many years written and lectured extensively on the religious history of New Zealand, although his earliest work, still continuing, was on the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century history of British…

Inquiry into Gloriavale’s India sect

April 24, 2024: | Greymouth Star | Laura Mills | A cross-agency group is working to establish facts about the Gloriavale Christian Community’s outpost in India. In the recent TVNZ ‘docuseries’, Escaping Utopia, former Gloriavale members Theophila Pratt and Rosanna Overcomer travelled to India and met with Mr Pratt’s sister Precious. Precious moved…

Gloriavale’s revenue drops $12m in a year, assets top $46m

April 19, 2024: | The Press | Joanne Naish | The trust behind the remote Gloriavale Christian Community took a $12 million revenue hit last year, but its net assets remain stable at $46m. The West Coast religious community has come under fire in recent years after court findings of sexual and physical abuse,…

Have you forgotten Gloriavale already?

April 17, 2024: | The Press | Dennis Gates | Dennis Gates is a lawyer and member of the legal team fighting for the people of Gloriavale. OPINION: It’s been a few weeks since TV’s Escaping Utopia brought the terrible thing that is Gloriavale into our living rooms once again. Is the outcry and horror still…