: By Joanne Naish | The Press | Young people leaving Gloriavale should be offered extra support – similar to refugees – including help identifying academic gaps, social needs and undiagnosed learning difficulties, a report has found. The report was written in August last year, but the Ministry of Education says…
: RNZ Gloriavale School is under review by the Education Review Office, the Ministry of Education has confirmed. Serenity Pilgrim, Anna Courage, Rose Standtrue, Crystal Loyal, Pearl Valor and Virginia Courage took Gloriavale’s leaders to court, arguing they lived in servitude working on the West Coast commune’s domestic teams and were…
: by Jean Edwards | RNZ | Former Gloriavale Christian School principal Faithful Pilgrim has told a court the community’s leaders do not rule like tyrants, before breaking down over his relationship with a son who has left the sect. Pilgrim, who was a Shepherd until his resignation last May, also…
: 1News A former teacher at Gloriavale Christian School has said his granddaughter could have trained to be a midwife depending on how she approached the leaders at the commune. Faithful Pilgrim is giving evidence at the Employment Court, which is considering whether six former residents were volunteers or employees. When…
: By Ryan Boswell | 1News | The former principal of Gloriavale Christian School who endorsed a colleague he knew had sexually abused a child has now said he made a “serious mistake”. Faithful Pilgrim was the principal of the school between 1995 and 2020. He has been a teacher for…
: By Jean Edwards | RNZ | Gloriavale Christian community received almost $5 million in government money in the 2021 financial year, while its church trust held more than $4m in cash, a court has heard. Financial statements show senior Gloriavale men Faithful Pilgrim, Stephen Standfast and Peter Righteous control the…
: By Niva Chittock | RNZ | The Gloriavale school principal says the Christian community and her way of life are being attacked by those who have chosen to leave. Gloriavale’s leaders began their defence today in Employment Court in Christchurch, where six former members are seeking the ruling they were…
: By Ryan Boswell | 1 News | Gloriavale woman are suffering “immense trauma and hurt” over claims they are brainwashed and ignorant, according to the commune’s school principal. Rachel Steadfast is giving evidence at the Employment Court, which is deciding whether six women who worked at Gloriavale were employees or…
: Gloriavale generates the most of its money through government benefits, a former leader has told the Employment Court. The case resumed on Monday in Christchurch, as six former Gloriavale women seek a ruling they were employees, not volunteers, during their time in the community. Ex-Gloriavale leader Zion Pilgrim told the…
: By Jean Edwards | RNZ | Gloriavale Christian School’s new principal has accused people of making a co-ordinated effort to shut the school down and take its children away by lodging simultaneous complaints against every teacher. In an open letter published on the West Coast Christian community’s website, Rachel Stedfast…
