: | RNZ | Checkpoint | Gloriavale leaders have refused to deliver a personal apology to a former member for abuse at the Christian community, despite publicly offering to say sorry to victims who ask for one. Leavers say that’s exposed their pledge as a PR stunt, as Jean Edwards reports.…
: | Cult Chat | Podcast | Theophila Pratt, author of “Unveiled – A Story of Surviving Gloriavale” joins the team for our first of three episodes about leaving cults. This compelling conversation explores the immediate challenges, discusses identity construction, and the difficulties of finding people to help along the way.…
: | Untidy | 1:01:17 | In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah speak with Theophila Pratt, a Gloriavale cult survivor, qualified paediatric occupational therapist, author, and fierce advocate for freedom and healing. Theo, formerly known as Honey Faithful, grew up in Gloriavale, an isolated and highly controlled Christian community…
: | Hot Audiobook | Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com ID: 553152 Title: Daughter of Gloriavale: My Life in a Religious Cult Author: Lilia Tarawa Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen Format: Unabridged Length: 09:10:49 Language: English Release date: 12-14-21 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Biography &…
: | New Zealand Herald | Paula Bennett | Even though she had always had her doubts about Gloriavale, it took Theophila Pratt until she was 18 to finally leave the community behind. But when her mum dropped her off at a bus stop in Greymouth, Pratt didn’t even know what…
: | NZ Herald | Paula Bennett | iHeart | This week, Paula’s guest is Theophila Pratt. Born Honey Faithful in the Christian community of Gloriavale, Theophila never fit in, changing her name at 16 and eventually leaving at 18. She has shared her story in a new book, Unveiled, in…
: | RNZ | Nine to Noon | At age 18 Theophila Pratt was dropped at a bus stop in Greymouth – bound ultimately for a place called Auckland, that she’d heard of, but couldn’t place on a map. As her mother drove away, she told Theo the decision she’d just made…
: | The Dom Harvey Podcast | At just 18 years old, Theo Pratt made the terrifying decision to leave the Gloriavale cult and everything she’d ever known—her family, her home, her entire way of life- absolutely everything she had known since birth. She was dropped at a bus stop with…
: | MinterEllisonRuddWatts | Richard Gordon; Alex Church | In this episode, Litigation Partner, Richard Gordon talks to Senior Associate, Alex Church, about the outcome of a recent Court of Appeal case, Bank of New Zealand v The Christian Church Community Trust and others, commonly known as the Gloriavale case. Together they discuss the implications…
: | RNZ | Paddy Gower | Former members of the Gloriavale Christian Community are coming to terms with an apology for delivered to those who suffered “pain and suffering” at the commune. Gloriavale leaver John Ready spoke to Paddy Gower.…
