: | The Press | Joanne Naish and Brett Kerr-Laurie | A Gloriavale man assaulted boys with sticks, plastic pipes, broom handles, a shovel and a pitchfork while supervising them at work, a jury has found. Vigilant Standtrue, 43, was found guilty of seven charges of assault with a weapon following…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | A former Gloriavale man whose arranged marriage featured in a national television documentary has told a jury he was repeatedly beaten as a child while working for the West Coast community. Paul Valor, who became nationally known as the public face of Gloriavale…
: | The Indian Weekender | IWK Bureau | Convicted sex offender and former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple has sparked renewed controversy after being seen at a community market on the West Coast. According to a report by 1News, Temple pleaded guilty to 12 charges of abuse against six girls over…
: | 1News | Ryan Boswell | Convicted sex offender Howard Temple has ignited more controversy after attending a community market on the West Coast. The former Gloriavale leader pleaded guilty to twelve charges of abuse against six girls over a period of 20 years. Last month, the 85-year-old was sentenced to 26…
: | NZ Herald | Anna Leask || NewstalkZB | Anna Leask | Disgraced former Gloriavale leader and convicted sex offender Howard Temple has sparked outrage by attending a community market less than a month after he was sentenced to more than two years in prison. The 85-year-old was then released…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | Gloriavale’s former leader Howard Wendell Temple has been granted bail as he appeals his jail term of two years and two months’ imprisonment for indecency offending against six girls and young women inside the Christian community over two decades. Temple initially pleaded not guilty at…
: | Newstalk ZB | Dennis Gates | Former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple has been sentenced to 26 months in jail for sexual offending. He had indecently assaulted young women and girls over a 20 year period at Gloriavale as recently as 2022. It comes as newly released documents show just…
: | RNZ | The disgraced former leader of Gloriavale is appealing his imprisonment for abusing girls and young women at the community. Howard Temple, 85, was on Friday afternoon jailed for more than two years for sexually assaulting six girls and young women at the West Coast Christian community over 20 years…
: | NZ Herald | Anna Leask | The disgraced former leader of the infamous Christian community, Gloriavale, will be sentenced today, Anna Leask reports.…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | Gloriavale’s former leader Howard Wendell Temple has been sentenced to two years and two months’ imprisonment for indecency offending against six girls and young women inside the secretive Christian community over two decades. Temple, 85, is the second “Overseeing Shepherd” at Gloriavale, which some consider…
