: | 1News | Ryan Boswell | A former Gloriavale teacher who abused or assaulted 21 victims has been sentenced to four years in prison. In May, Just Standfast pleaded guilty to two charges of sex violation by unlawful sexual connection against two girls aged seven and 14, 10 charges of…
: | RNZ | Adam Burns | Warning: This story contains content some readers may find distressing. A former Gloriavale teacher who abused and assaulted at least 20 children over a 40-year stretch has left a “terrible, tragic legacy”, a court has heard. Just Standfast was sentenced to four years imprisonment…
: | Stuff | Joanne Naish | A former Gloriavale teacher who openly sexually abused children in his classroom has been sentenced to four years in prison for offending that spanned 40 years. Just Standfast was sentenced by Judge Quentin Hix in the Greymouth District Court on Friday for 23 charges…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | A former Gloriavale teacher who was given credit for “previous impeccable good character” when he sexually abused a 9-year-old has now confessed to further offending against 20 children. Just Standfast has been convicted of sexual offending against 15 girls. He pleaded guilty in…
: | Greymouth Star | A Gloriavale man and former teacher inside the Lake Haupiri Christian community has denied 14 charges of assaulting boys with blunt weapons. Vigilant Standtrue, 42, filed pleas of not guilty on all charges in the Greymouth District Court, electing a trial by jury. Name suppression lapsed…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | Gloriavale man is facing 14 charges of assaulting four boys with blunt weapons. Vigilant Standtrue, 42, was granted interim name suppression at his first appearance in April. He previously taught at the school at the Gloriavale Christian Community and still lives there. He did not…
: | Timaru Herald | Doug Sail | The flawed upbringing of young people at the Gloriavale Christian Community has been highlighted as a young man has been spared convictions on sex charges involving children, all committed when he was aged 14 to 15. The man, who was also granted permanent…
: | Greymouth Star | Subscription Only | A former Gloriavale “predator’’ found guilty of multiple historical sexual offences against girls and boys as young as six was yesterday jailed for 11 years and 10 months. A Greymouth District Court jury took two weeks late last year to find Jonathan Benjamin, 58, guilty…
: | RNZ | Anna Sargent | Victims of a sexual predator in the Gloriavale Christian community who has now been jailed have described him as an opportunist who used the vulnerability of his victims to exploit them. Jonathan Benjamin was sentenced in the Greymouth District Court to 11 years and…
: | RNZ: Checkpoint | Victims of a predator in the Gloriavale Christian community have described him as an opportunist who used the vulnerability of his victims to exploit them. Jonathan Benjamin has been sentenced to 11 years and 10 months in prison for more than 20 charges of sexual offending…