: | The Press | Joanne Naish | Gloriavale’s former leader Howard Wendell Temple has been sentenced to two years and two months’ imprisonment for indecency offending against six girls and young women inside the secretive Christian community over two decades. Temple, 85, is the second “Overseeing Shepherd” at Gloriavale, which some consider…
: | 1News | Ryan Boswell | The former leader of Gloriavale has been sentenced to 26 months in prison for abusing six girls and women at the West Coast commune. In July, Howard Temple pleaded guilty to 12 charges related to unwanted touching, hugging, and kissing, spanning more than two decades. Initially,…
: | NZ Herald | Anna Leask | Disgraced former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple has this afternoon appealed the jail-time sentence imposed on him earlier today for a raft of sex offences against girls and women over a period of more than 20 years. Temple was initially given a prison term…
: | RNZ | The disgraced former leader of Gloriavale stole the innocence and childhood of the girls and young women he abused. Through tears and strains of emotion his victims have detailed to the Greymouth District Court the lifelong effects of Howard Temple’s sexual abuse. The 85-year-old has today been jailed for…
: | Stuff | Gloriavale leader on trial for decades of alleged sexual abuse (Video published July 2025) VIDEO CREDIT: ThreeNews Gloriavale’s once-powerful leader has been sentenced to over two years in prison for a catalogue of sexual offences that targeted girls and young women over more than two decades. Howard Temple, 85, was…
: | RNZ | The disgraced former leader of Gloriavale will be sentenced on Friday morning for sexual offending against girls and young women in the community. Howard Temple initially denied 24 charges of sexual offending against girls and women over a period of more than 20 years. However, three days into his…
: | NZ Herald | Anna Leask | The disgraced former leader of the infamous Christian community, Gloriavale, will be sentenced today (Friday) on a raft of sex offences against girls and women over a period of more than 20 years. Howard Temple, 85, pleaded guilty to 12 charges earlier this…
: | RNZ | The Panel Plus | Wallace Chapman talks to Dr Rebecca Meiring, senior lecturer in exercise sciences at Auckland University about her research into the relationship between lifestyle behaviours and menopause. Then he talks to Decult director Anke Richter about New Zealand’s history of cults and whether we…
: | RNZ | Ellen O’Dwyer | The Children’s Commissioner has launched an urgent nationwide campaign against child abuse, calling on every adult to “front up” to the problem. Dr Claire Achmad said the ‘Dear Children’ awareness campaign, launched on Monday, called on the community to stand against physical, sexual, and…
: | Laura X Timber | In this powerful interview, we sit down with the woman leading the rescue mission for people escaping the Gloriavale cult — one of New Zealand’s most extreme and isolated religious communities. Liz from the Gloriavale Leavers Trust reveals: This episode dives deep into themes of…