: The Gloriavale Ex-Members Girls’ Employment case against Gloriavale (and the Govt inaction), has taken another surprising twist. This past month, Gloriavale defendants requested that Chief Judge Christina Inglis NOT be the judge for the upcoming case, because she was the judge for the Boys’ Employment case earlier this year. They…
: Opinion piece: Liz Gregory Some days you read things which make your mouth drop open! That happened yesterday… Gloriavale was in court yesterday, fighting Westland Milk products decision to stop collecting milk until they came up to NZ’s values and standards relating to employment. This came about after an Employment…
: Author Liz Gregory Eight years ago we went and stayed at Gloriavale for the weekend and we attended one of their concerts. It was a life-changing experience for us. After the weekend I documented the experience and blogged about it in a secret blog group. I wrote a series of…
: The Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust is pleased to announce the Gloriavale Film is soon screening in cinemas across NZ, then internationally. With unprecedented access, filmmakers Noel Smyth and Fergus Grady lift the lid on the secretive Gloriavale Christian Community following a family of survivors searching for justice. SPECIAL PREMIERE INVITATIONS You are…
: We’re delighted to have received the South Canterbury Chamber of Commerce Business Award for the Community Organisation category. Our deepest thanks to the people all over NZ who support the work of resettling people who have left Gloriavale. It’s humbling to partner with you all in showing love and care.…
: The stark choice was put to John Ready in cross-examination during the recent Gloriavale Employment Hearing. He responded: “So I think of a boat and there’s a whole lot of layers and there is a whole lot of oarsmen, on those layers in the boat. And you are told, well…
: Opinion Piece by Liz Gregory. Yesterday two of Gloriavale’s leaders, Fervent Stedfast and Faithful Pilgrim, were asked to stand down from being Shepherds. Last week Gloriavale issued an unprecedented apology, which was printed in the front page of the Grey Star (an interesting place to publish an apology to leavers…
: The phone rang hot for a day or two with leavers feelings about the Gloriavale “apology letter”. It is for them to share their personal beliefs about the genuine nature of the apology. However, our Trust always gets asked for comments when anything from Gloriavale reaches the ears of the…
: Gloriavale published an unprecedented apology in the Grey Star on Friday 27 May 2022. It reads: The following is attributable to Gloriavale’s leadership. It is a letter of apology that draws a firm line in the sand between the past and the future. Much has changed at Gloriavale since 2018…
: By Liz Gregory (views expressed are hers alone) Relief. Tears. Excitement. These are a few of the responses when we heard the Employment Court judge had ruled in favour of the three men who left Gloriavale and who asked to be recognised an employees for the time they lived in…