: AM Show with Duncan Garner – 24/09/2020 Video link to Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust Facebook page where this video is recorded. The AM Show with Duncan Garner talking about the legal proceedings that John Ready is taking against Gloriavale. View here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=636254033705829…
: Radio New Zealand – 24/09/2020 A former Gloriavale member is taking legal action against the community, calling for its leaders to step down. John Ready filed civil proceedings in the High Court at Greymouth on Wednesday seeking the removal of the trustees for poor conduct, mismanagement and dereliction of duty.…
: By Chris Lynch – 08/09/2020 Charities Services have declined a request from The Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust and 35 ex-members to re-investigate the Gloriavale Christian Community. A letter signed by recent ex-members contained a plea for a re-investigation, saying that the original issues for the 2016 investigation had not been…
: By: Sally Murphy 24/08/2020 Former members of Gloriavale Christian Community say people still there do not have the freedom to vote for who they want in the general election. The issue has been outlined in a list of concerns to The Charities Services by The Gloriavale Leavers Support Trust. Ex-members…
: By: Alice Geary – 18/08/2020 Some of Glorivale’s ‘’more secretive behaviours’’ will be disclosed by former members at an information evening in Timaru. Gloriavale Leavers’ Trust general manager and support worker Liz Gregory said Thursday’s event will go ahead under alert level 2 restrictions, despite last week’s alert level change…
: RNZ Radio New Zealand – 03/07/2020 The manager of a trust that supports leavers from the Gloriavale religious community hopes the latest enquiry could be a tipping point for change. The community near Greymouth has been the subject of previous investigations by police, Oranga Tamariki and the Charities Commission. Police…
: Checkpoint – RNZ (Radio New Zealand) – 15/11/2019 Controlling, fearful, and oppressive – that’s how people who’ve left the community of Gloriavale described their lives there. This comes as a new trust is established – the Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust – which aims to help those who decide to leave…
: By: Joanne Holden – 15/11/2019 The Timaru launch of the Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust has been described as an eye-opening event with leavers sharing “heart-wrenching” stories. The support trust was officially launched on Thursday night at the Caroline Bay Hall with more than 200 attendees shown an insight into what…
: By: Joanne Holden 14/11/2019 (Video can be viewed in article link). Joy Courage left Gloriavale “because my husband was a rebel”. The Geraldine woman said her husband was kicked out of the religious community because of his refusal to follow restrictions. She debated whether or not to stay without him,…
: By: Mark Quinlivan 14/11/2019 (Video can be viewed in article link). There are claims the end is in sight for Gloriavale as a new support trust for victims takes off. A fundraising event was held on Thursday night to raise money to re-home the increasing number of families fleeing the…
