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Gloriavale not safe for children, Leavers’ Trust says: 1News

August 11, 2021: 1News [Video can be viewed in article link – Breakfast TVNZ] Gloriavale isn’t a safe place for children, according to a group that supports people who leave the reclusive Christian community. It comes as 1 NEWS revealed this morning Gloriavale Christian School is the focus of a new police inquiry…

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Gloriavale mum of 13 Sharon Ready makes new life as teacher in Greymouth after 50 years: NZ Herald

February 20, 2021: By Alanah Eriksen | NZ Herald | After 50 years inside Gloriavale, one of the community’s longest-serving members has her first job on the outside and is attempting to remove the leadership while still living within the compound. At age 64, mother of 13 Sharon Ready has challenged the norm…

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Teaching Council investigates former Gloriavale school principal: RNZ

December 22, 2020: Radio New Zealand The Teaching Council is investigating a former school principal at Gloriavale after allegations were made that he failed to keep children safe. The Gloriavale Leavers Support Trust complained about Faithful Pilgrim to the council in August. Trust spokesperson Liz Gregory said Faithful Pilgrim knew of offending by…

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Gloriavale school not a ‘physically and emotionally safe place’ for students: Stuff

December 22, 2020: By Joanne Naish | Stuff | The Education Review Office (ERO) has criticised the school at Gloriavale Christian Community for not providing a physically and emotionally safe place for students. A report, written in June but released more recently, said inspectors found the West Coast school did not have regularly…

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Gloriavale principal stood down, investigation into claims he failed to keep children safe from abuse: NZ Herald

December 22, 2020: NZ Herald The principal of Gloriavale school has been stood down while the New Zealand Teaching Council investigates claims he failed to keep children safe from abuse by staff and other pupils. Faithful Pilgrim did not secure the safety and wellbeing of learners, the Gloriavale Leavers Support Trust said in…

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NZ Teaching Council investigating Gloriavale principal over concerns he failed to ensure safety of children: Stuff

December 21, 2020: By Steven Walton and Jonny Edwards | Stuff | The New Zealand Teaching Council is investigating Gloriavale’s former school principal Faithful Pilgrim after receiving allegations he failed to keep pupils safe. Pilgrim has stood down from his position over claims he had failed to act over a teacher abusing a…

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Gloriavale principal didn’t remove teacher despite sexual offending claims, NZ Teaching Council investigating: Newshub

December 21, 2020: By Michael Morrah | Newshub | [Video can be viewed in article link]. The New Zealand Teaching Council is investigating the principal at Gloriavale over allegations he failed to keep students safe. A teacher at the school was convicted of sexual offending against a nine-year-old girl last year. He wasn’t…

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Gloriavale teacher convicted of kissing, touching 9-year-old: Stuff

December 19, 2019: By Joanne Carroll -| Stuff | (Video can be viewed in article link). A Gloriavale teacher who avoided jail time after indecently touching and kissing his “favourite” pupil can finally be named. Just Standfast, who is 68 years old and has physical disabilities, indecently assaulted the 9-year-old girl, repeatedly kissed…

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Gloriavale’s bizarre kindergarten photo albums

May 27, 2018: | Newshub | Patrick Gower | A family excommunicated by Gloriavale has been returned photo albums of their children’s kindergarten memories – except the faces of their friends who remain inside are covered with a computer-generated image. The family says that’s vindictive, but Gloriavale says it’s because they don’t want…

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Gloriavale school pulled from scholarship list

May 2, 2017: By Laura Tupou | RNZ | A Ministry of Education scholarship giving students the chance to attend a private school has pulled Gloriavale’s school from the list of options. The Aspire Scholarship started in 2010 and is for students from low-income families going into Year 9. The ministry pays up to $15,000…

Gloriavale not safe for children, Leavers’ Trust says: 1News

Gloriavale mum of 13 Sharon Ready makes new life as teacher in Greymouth after 50 years: NZ Herald

Teaching Council investigates former Gloriavale school principal: RNZ

Gloriavale school not a ‘physically and emotionally safe place’ for students: Stuff

Gloriavale principal stood down, investigation into claims he failed to keep children safe from abuse: NZ Herald

NZ Teaching Council investigating Gloriavale principal over concerns he failed to ensure safety of children: Stuff

Gloriavale principal didn’t remove teacher despite sexual offending claims, NZ Teaching Council investigating: Newshub

Gloriavale teacher convicted of kissing, touching 9-year-old: Stuff

Gloriavale’s bizarre kindergarten photo albums

Gloriavale school pulled from scholarship list

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