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Gloriavale: 2 senior leaders step down from roles: 1 News

May 31, 2022: By Ryan Boswell | 1News | Two senior leaders at the Christian commune of Gloriavale have stepped down from their roles. Fervent Stedfast has resigned from being a senior community leader, after he was accused of failing to handle employment matters during his time as Gloriavale’s financial controller. He had…

Articles, Education

Sanction of former Gloriavale school principal ‘a little soft’, trust says: RNZ

May 27, 2022: By Jean Edwards | RNZ | The trust supporting former members of the reclusive Gloriavale community is surprised the former Christian School principal has not been struck off the register for twice endorsing a teacher he knew had sexually assaulted a nine-year-old girl. Faithful Pilgrim has instead been suspended from…

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Former Gloriavale principal suspended from teaching for hiding assault: RNZ

May 27, 2022: RNZ | Morning Report | A former Gloriavale Christian School principal has been suspended from teaching for three months for twice endorsing a teacher he knew had sexually assaulted a nine-year-old girl. Faithful Pilgrim was sanctioned for serious misconduct by the Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal for commending Just Standfast as being…

Articles, Education

Gloriavale principal knew of sexual offending but allowed teacher to continue working: Stuff

May 26, 2022: By Joanne Naish | Stuff | The principal at the Gloriavale Christian School has been suspended for serious misconduct. A decision by the New Zealand Teachers’ Disciplinary Tribunal says Faithful Pilgrim was a teacher at the school for 45 years and was principal from 1995 to 2020. It found that…

Articles, Education

Gloriavale teacher’s practising certificate suspended for 3 months: 1News

May 26, 2022: By Ryan Boswell | 1News | A teacher at Gloriavale Christian School has had his practising certificate suspended for three months after endorsing a colleague he knew had sexually abused a child. Faithful Pilgrim was the principal of the school between 1995 and 2020. He has been a teacher for…

Articles, Education

Gloriavale principal kept quiet about teacher’s sexual abuse of 9yo girl: NZ Herald

May 26, 2022: by Dubby Henry | NZ Herald | The former principal of Gloriavale Christian School has been banned from leading a school for three years after failing to report a teacher’s sexual abuse of a 9-year-old girl. Faithful Pilgrim has admitted he “failed dismally as a principal” when he did not…

Articles, Audio, Education

Dr Liz Gordon: Former MP and educational researcher strongly pushes for change in Gloriavale Newstalk ZB

May 11, 2022: | Newstalk ZB | John MacDonald | Dr Liz Gordon is a former MP and is currently an educational researcher. For 25 years she has been pushing for the closure of the school within Gloriavale, and to make public education possible for its residents. She spoke to Newstalk ZB Canterbury…

Articles, Education, Legal: Criminal Court

Gloriavale teacher convicted of assaulting children hopes to teach again: Stuff

January 14, 2022: By Joanne Naish | Stuff | A man working as a teacher at Gloriavale Christian Community who assaulted and verbally abused children in his care hopes to teach there again. Vigilant Standtrue, 39, pleaded guilty in the Greymouth District Court in November to three charges of assaulting three boys aged…

Articles, Education

Gloriavale teacher pleads guilty to assaulting children: Stuff

November 23, 2021: By Joanne Naish | Stuff | A man working as an unregistered teacher at Gloriavale Christian Community assaulted and verbally abused children in his care Vigilant Standtrue, 39, pleaded guilty in the Greymouth District Court last week to three representative charges of assaulting three boys aged between 9 and 11.…

Articles, Education

Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Gloriavale teachers get vaccine shots: NZ Herald

November 20, 2021: By Laura Mills | Star News | Additional Reporting by Dubby Henry NZ Herald Gloriavale Christian Community school teachers have joined the community’s midwives and accepted their Covid vaccinations. Under the Government mandate, the teachers would have had to have been stood down yesterday if they were not vaccinated. Gloriavale…

Gloriavale: 2 senior leaders step down from roles: 1 News

Sanction of former Gloriavale school principal ‘a little soft’, trust says: RNZ

Former Gloriavale principal suspended from teaching for hiding assault: RNZ

Gloriavale principal knew of sexual offending but allowed teacher to continue working: Stuff

Gloriavale teacher’s practising certificate suspended for 3 months: 1News

Gloriavale principal kept quiet about teacher’s sexual abuse of 9yo girl: NZ Herald

Dr Liz Gordon: Former MP and educational researcher strongly pushes for change in Gloriavale Newstalk ZB

Gloriavale teacher convicted of assaulting children hopes to teach again: Stuff

Gloriavale teacher pleads guilty to assaulting children: Stuff

Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Gloriavale teachers get vaccine shots: NZ Herald

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