: 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…
: By Joanne Naish | Stuff | A former Gloriavale man has pleaded guilty to 11 charges of sexual offending against children – at least one under the age of 12 – but denied a further 27 charges. The charges against the man include the rape, sexual violation and indecent assault…
: | Stuff | Joanne Carroll | A mother has won full custody of her children after their father secretly took them to live in Gloriavale, an isolated West Coast community described as ‘‘psychologically abusive’’ by a judge. Family Court Judge Sarah Lindsay ruled the mother, who lives in Australia, was…