: | Stuff | Juliet Speedy |The trial of the head of Gloriavale began today in Greymouth with Howard Temple facing 24 charges of indecent assault. The charges all relate to inappropriate touching of women within the community, but the defence says it was all part of Temple’s pastoral care. Senior…
: | RNZ | Gloriavale leader Howard Temple will go on trial in Greymouth today on charges of sexual offending against girls for more than 20 years. The 85-year-old faces 14 charges of indecent assault and 13 charges of doing an indecent act. The complainants were aged between nine and 20…
: | RNZ | Anna Sargent | A former Gloriavale member who was sexually abused in the Christian community when she was 13 years old has told her abuser he stole her childhood and her innocence. Gloriavale man Fervent Ben-Canaan was jailed for four years and two months in the Christchurch…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | As a teenager in Gloriavale, Levi Courage worked up to 70 hours a week filling jars of honey until his hands bled so they could be illegally exported to Vietnam. The honey, from Gloriavale company Forest Gold Honey, was exported using forged government…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | Those involved in a Gloriavale honey company were “running around like headless chickens” as they committed $200,000 worth of fraud, a judge says. Forest Gold Honey, its director, two employees and an external contractor were accused of falsifying two export health certificates for more…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | A 12-year-old boy has experienced significant hearing loss and “inescapable” ringing in his ears since he was hit in the head with a grubber 10 years ago while working at a Gloriavale dairy farm, a court has heard. Gloriavale man Moses Benjamin was…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | A Gloriavale honey company and its director accused of forging documents to illegally export New Zealand honey to Vietnam have had all their charges dropped after the business went into liquidation. West Coast honey producer Forest Gold Honey, owned by Christian Partners Nominee…
: | RNZ | Jean Edwards | Warning: This story contains content some may find disturbing. A Gloriavale man who has admitted sexual offending against eight girls preyed upon some as they slept and touched them while they were caring for children or working at the Christian community. Fervent Ben-Canaan, 45, pleaded guilty…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | A Gloriavale man crept into girls’ bedrooms to touch them while they slept and grabbed them indecently while they worked in the community. Fervent Ben-Canaan, 45, was on trial for 23 charges of sexual offending against 10 victims. He pleaded guilty on the…
: | RNZ | Checkpoint | Just Standfast was sentenced to four years imprisonment for the offending that took place over a 40 year period inside the secretive Christchurch community. Adam Burns was at the Greymouth District Court, and a warning some of the details in his report are distressing. Audio…
