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Former Gloriavale resident details expulsion from commune

September 22, 2022: By Ryan Boswell | 1 News | A former Gloriavale resident has detailed his expulsion from the West Coast commune, after he challenged the leadership and their reading of the Bible. John Ready was born into the community in 1978, but said he was forced out by the overseeing shepherd…

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Newshub: Former Glorivale member says daughter with brain damage suffered injuries due to work conditions

September 22, 2022: By Juliet Speedy | Newshub | A Gloriavale leaver told the Employment Court the plight of women who remain in the community is of serious concern to him, both because of unwanted touching and an unsustainable workload with pressure from the leaders. John Ready said if the women stopped working,…

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1News: Two children limit outside Gloriavale, former resident told

September 22, 2022: By Ryan Boswell | 1 News | A former Gloriavale member says he was told there are limits on the number of children a family can have if they live outside the commune. Former resident John Ready claims that on one occasion Overseeing Shepherd Howard Temple said “you could not…

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RNZ: Gloriavale leaver given one week off work for the birth of her child

September 21, 2022: By Niva Chittock | RNZ | A former Gloriavale member says she returned to work a week after her baby was born. Crystal Loyal is one of six former Gloriavale women seeking a ruling they were employees, not volunteers, during their time in the Christian community. Gloriavale’s leaders maintain the…

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1 News: Former Gloriavale woman recounts being humiliated by leadership

September 21, 2022: By Ryan Boswell | 1 News | A former Gloriavale resident who had sex before marriage claims she was humiliated by the leadership and called a “whore” and a “slut”. Crystal Loyal is giving evidence at the Employment Court, which is deciding whether six women who worked at the West…

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1News: Former Gloriavale couple feels cut off from family after leaving

September 21, 2022: by Ryan Boswell | 1News | Gloriavale’s leaders make it difficult for families to keep in contact with loved ones who have left, according to a former resident. Crystal Loyal left Gloriavale with her husband and children in 2017. She told the Employment Court that while her parents still live…

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Former Gloriavale member says she was called a ‘slut’ for choosing her own partner in community

September 21, 2022: by Juliet Speedy | Newshub | One of the six plaintiffs in the Gloriavale employment case says she was called a “slut” and a “whore” after choosing a partner in the community before the leaders chose one for her. Crystal Loyal fell in love with her husband while in the…

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Gloriavale women ‘inferior’ to men and go hungry if not enough food to go around, hearing told

September 20, 2022: By Sam Sherwood | RNZ | A former Gloriavale member has spoken of the working conditions for “inferior” women inside the isolated Christian community, with no pay, no days off and being threatened with no food if they did not work. The Employment Court case is centred around six women…

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Gloriavale receives millions in government payments, ex-leader tells Employment Court

September 20, 2022: Gloriavale generates the most of its money through government benefits, a former leader has told the Employment Court. The case resumed on Monday in Christchurch, as six former Gloriavale women seek a ruling they were employees, not volunteers, during their time in the community. Ex-Gloriavale leader Zion Pilgrim told the…

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1News: Court hears secret recording made by former Gloriavale leader

September 19, 2022: by Ryan Boswell | 1News | A former Gloriavale leader was accused of “following the spirit of the devil” when raising concerns about sexual offending. Zion Pilgrim is giving evidence at the Employment Court, which is deciding whether women commune members are employees or volunteers. He was a servant and…

Former Gloriavale resident details expulsion from commune

Newshub: Former Glorivale member says daughter with brain damage suffered injuries due to work conditions

1News: Two children limit outside Gloriavale, former resident told

RNZ: Gloriavale leaver given one week off work for the birth of her child

1 News: Former Gloriavale woman recounts being humiliated by leadership

1News: Former Gloriavale couple feels cut off from family after leaving

Former Gloriavale member says she was called a ‘slut’ for choosing her own partner in community

Gloriavale women ‘inferior’ to men and go hungry if not enough food to go around, hearing told

Gloriavale receives millions in government payments, ex-leader tells Employment Court

1News: Court hears secret recording made by former Gloriavale leader

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