Gloriavale’s Howard Temple’s prison van turned around after bail granted

December 15, 2025: | 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…

Gloriavale’s ex-leader Howard Temple appeals prison sentence for sex offending

December 12, 2025: | 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…

‘Generationally entrenched’: Ex-Gloriavale leader Howard Temple sentenced for indecent assaults over decades

December 12, 2025: | 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…

Former Gloriavale leader appeals jail sentence for sex offences

December 12, 2025: | 1News | Ryan Boswell | The former leader of Gloriavale has been sentenced to 26 months in prison for abusing six girls and women at the West Coast commune. In July, Howard Temple pleaded guilty to 12 charges related to unwanted touching, hugging, and kissing, spanning more than two decades. Initially,…

Gloriavale leader Howard Temple appeals sentencing for decades of sex offending, confronted by victims

December 12, 2025: | NZ Herald | Anna Leask | Disgraced former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple has this afternoon appealed the jail-time sentence imposed on him earlier today for a raft of sex offences against girls and women over a period of more than 20 years. Temple was initially given a prison term…

Disgraced former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple sentenced to 26 months’ jail for sexual offending

December 12, 2025: | RNZ | The disgraced former leader of Gloriavale stole the innocence and childhood of the girls and young women he abused. Through tears and strains of emotion his victims have detailed to the Greymouth District Court the lifelong effects of Howard Temple’s sexual abuse. The 85-year-old has today been jailed for…

Disgraced former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple to be sentenced for sex offences

December 12, 2025: | RNZ | The disgraced former leader of Gloriavale will be sentenced on Friday morning for sexual offending against girls and young women in the community. Howard Temple initially denied 24 charges of sexual offending against girls and women over a period of more than 20 years. However, three days into his…