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GLORIAVALE DOCO A WHITEWASH FOR ABUSERS?

June 28, 2026: | Decult | A new documentary just dropped on Three Now: “Devotion: The Gloriavale Story” is already getting pushback from Gloriavale leavers. Virginia Courage, who watched the three-part series that streamed on…

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A Religious Community Cut Off From the World Forced Women Into Submission for Decades. Inside New Zealand’s Gloriavale Cult

June 5, 2026: | People | Christopher Rudolph | The secretive religious group is the subject of the new Paramount+ documentary, ‘Devotion: Obedience or Betrayal’ NEED TO KNOW Located in a remote part…

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Growing up Māori at Gloriavale: Valiant Overcomer’s story

May 13, 2026: | RNZ | MATA Reports | [PG] At 14, Valiant Overcomer and two of his sisters fled the only world they’d ever known: Gloriavale. The Overcomers were one of the…

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Lawyer calls for Louise Upston to resign after being ‘duped’ by Gloriavale leaders

March 6, 2026: | RNZ | Jean Edwards | Senior government minister Louise Upston was duped by Gloriavale leaders on a visit to the West Coast Christian community and should resign, a leavers’…

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She Escaped Gloriavale Cult & Found Her Voice as a Woman: Lilia Tarawa

January 22, 2026: | The Kotodama Podcast | Ep.21 | What happens when the place that raised you also abused and silenced you? In this deeply moving episode of the Kotodama Podcast, I…

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Gloriavale: Life Inside a Closed Religious Community | Dark & Investigative

January 14, 2026: | Stella Crime | Behind the peaceful image of rural New Zealand lies Gloriavale — a closed religious group where every aspect of life is controlled. Men, women, and children…

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NZ still failing to protect people from high-control groups – cult survivor

January 10, 2026: | 1News | Ryan Boswell | More than two decades after Auckland’s Centrepoint community was shut down, one survivor says New Zealand is still failing to protect people from high-control…

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Escaping New Zealand’s Gloriavale: Cult Leader’s Granddaughter Exposes ALL [2]

December 29, 2025: | Cults to Consciousness | Lilia Tarawa | Following up our incredible interview with Lilia Tarawa, today we go LIVE with her to further discuss what it was like escaping…

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Daughter of Gloriavale: My Life in a Religious Cult [1]

December 27, 2025: | Cults to Consciousness | Lilia Tarawa | Lilia Tarawa was raised in an isolated community in New Zealand started by her grandfather, called Gloriavale. Inspired by the Amish in…

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Howard Temple’s abuse and Gloriavale’s petri dish of power, patriarchy & isolation – Paula Gosney

December 12, 2025: | NZ Herald | Paula Gosney | Paula Gosney’s doctoral work examines grooming, female objectification and the power dynamics that enable sexual abuse. As Gloriavale’s former leader is sentenced, academic…

GLORIAVALE DOCO A WHITEWASH FOR ABUSERS?

A Religious Community Cut Off From the World Forced Women Into Submission for Decades. Inside New Zealand’s Gloriavale Cult

Growing up Māori at Gloriavale: Valiant Overcomer’s story

Lawyer calls for Louise Upston to resign after being ‘duped’ by Gloriavale leaders

She Escaped Gloriavale Cult & Found Her Voice as a Woman: Lilia Tarawa

Gloriavale: Life Inside a Closed Religious Community | Dark & Investigative

NZ still failing to protect people from high-control groups – cult survivor

Escaping New Zealand’s Gloriavale: Cult Leader’s Granddaughter Exposes ALL [2]

Daughter of Gloriavale: My Life in a Religious Cult [1]

Howard Temple’s abuse and Gloriavale’s petri dish of power, patriarchy & isolation – Paula Gosney

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