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Stuff – Gloriavale leaders ‘tear apart’ families of those who disagree with their rules, founding member says
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Stuff – Gloriavale leaders ‘tear apart’ families of those who disagree with their rules, founding member says

: By Jake Kenny – Stuff – 06/09/2022 Warning: This story discusses details of alleged sexual abuse. A Gloriavale member “since its inception” says the community’s leaders do everything in their power to “tear apart” families of members who disagree with them. After decades of service to the community, Sharon Ready…
Newshub – Gloriavale member temporarily left community after leadership’s comment on his dead daughter ‘shook’ him
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Newshub – Gloriavale member temporarily left community after leadership’s comment on his dead daughter ‘shook’ him

: By Kaysha Brownlie – Newshub – 06/09/2022 A former Glorivale member who still resides in the isolated West Coast community has given emotional evidence about how, among the things he witnessed in the Christian commune, his daughter’s death hurt him the most. Clem Ready was giving evidence during an Employment…
Longtime Gloriavale member turns on sect – reveals ‘very disturbing’ treatment of women, ‘prevalent’ sex offending
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Longtime Gloriavale member turns on sect – reveals ‘very disturbing’ treatment of women, ‘prevalent’ sex offending

: By Anna Leask | NZ Herald | A Gloriavale father of 13 once convicted of beating two of his young daughters with shoes, carpentry tools, coat hangers and belts has turned on the community’s leaders, telling the court that sexual abuse, bullying and forced labour are prevalent within the sect.…
‘Hopeful Christian was a bully’ – Gloriavale leaver blasts ‘ingrained’ culture of mocking, belittling at Christian community
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‘Hopeful Christian was a bully’ – Gloriavale leaver blasts ‘ingrained’ culture of mocking, belittling at Christian community

: By Anna Leask | NZ Herald | A mum-of-11 who escaped Gloriavale says the community’s founder Hopeful Christian was “a bully” and his cruel treatment of people became “ingrained” in the whole population. Virginia Courage is part of an Employment Court case against the Christian community – alleging women are…