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Former Gloriavale dairy farm manager sentenced to community detention for beating two boys: RNZ

June 13, 2023: By Jean Edwards | RNZ | A judge has told former Gloriavale dairy farm manager John Ready he has “spent enough of his life in chains” in sentencing him to community detention for beating two 11-year-old boys. Ready, 45, hit the boys with a metal fence implement to discourage disobedience…

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Gloriavale man whipped daughter over relationship: NZ Herald

April 9, 2023: NZ Herald Warning: Violence contained in story. A Gloriavale man who whipped his daughter 12 years ago with a computer cord till she fainted said the punishment was intended to deter her from a romantic relationship with another young member of the Christian community. Aaron Courage, 50, came before Judge…

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Gloriavale man beat daughter until she fainted over relationship with boy: Stuff

April 6, 2023: By Joanne Naish | Stuff | A Gloriavale man has been convicted for beating his daughter with a computer cord until she fainted because she was in a relationship with a boy outside marriage. Aaron Courage, 50, was convicted of assault with a weapon and discharged when he appeared in…

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Fresh charges laid against Gloriavale child sexual predator: Stuff

April 4, 2023: By Joanne Naish | Stuff | A former Gloriavale man who faces a string of allegations relating to sexual offences against children has had fresh charges levelled at him. The man, who has name suppression, pleaded guilty in August 2021 to 11 charges of sexual offending against children – at least one…

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Crown knew details of Gloriavale founder Hopeful Christian’s sex crimes in mid-90s, lawyer tells Employment Court

March 20, 2023: | RNZ | Jean Edwards | The Crown had detailed knowledge of Gloriavale founder Hopeful Christian’s crimes in the mid-1990s but “dropped the ball” by failing to help the community deal with sexual abuse, the Employment Court has heard. Two Court of Appeal judgments tendered in a case brought by…

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Gloriavale farm manager struck boys with metal fence standard: Timaru Herald

March 7, 2023: By Doug Sail | Timaru Herald | A former Gloriavale Christian Community farm manager, who now lives in Timaru, has admitted hitting two 11-year-old boys several times with a metal fence standard as he believed they had disobeyed him. John Ready ordered his victims to face a wall and raise…

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Gloriavale: Details of crimes committed by founder Hopeful Christian made public for first time

February 17, 2023: By Jean Edwards | Radio NZ | Gloriavale founder Hopeful Christian was jailed for cruel and bizarre sexual offending under the guise of education or preparation for marriage, court documents show. Full details of Christian’s crimes have publicly emerged for the first time, after being tendered in an Employment Court case…

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Gloriavale man jailed for child sex offending named after losing appeal

November 1, 2022: By Jean Edwards | RNZ | Another Gloriavale man jailed for child sex offences can now be named, after losing a High Court fight to keep his identity a secret. Timothy Disciple, 41, was sentenced in the Greymouth District Court in June to two years and five months in prison,…

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Gloriavale man has sentence reduced for sexual offending against five children

November 1, 2022: By Joanne Naish | Stuff | A Gloriavale man convicted of sexual offending against children has had his sentence reduced under appeal but can now finally be named. Timothy Disciple, 40, was sentenced in June to two years and five months in jail for seven charges of indecent assault against…

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Gloriavale man jailed for sexual offending against child loses name suppression

October 27, 2022: By Joanne Naish | Stuff | A judge has expressed concern about the father of a young victim of sexual offending at Gloriavale supplying the court with a second, vastly different, impact statement. Joseph Hope, a member of the Gloriavale Christian Community, was sentenced in the Greymouth District Court in…

Former Gloriavale dairy farm manager sentenced to community detention for beating two boys: RNZ

Gloriavale man whipped daughter over relationship: NZ Herald

Gloriavale man beat daughter until she fainted over relationship with boy: Stuff

Fresh charges laid against Gloriavale child sexual predator: Stuff

Crown knew details of Gloriavale founder Hopeful Christian’s sex crimes in mid-90s, lawyer tells Employment Court

Gloriavale farm manager struck boys with metal fence standard: Timaru Herald

Gloriavale: Details of crimes committed by founder Hopeful Christian made public for first time

Gloriavale man jailed for child sex offending named after losing appeal

Gloriavale man has sentence reduced for sexual offending against five children

Gloriavale man jailed for sexual offending against child loses name suppression

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