Gloriavale leader Howard Temple goes on trial accused of sexual offending

July 28, 2025: | 1News | Ryan Boswell | The leader of Gloriavale will spend three weeks in the Greymouth District Court defending allegations of sexual offending. Overseeing Shepherd, Howard Temple, was facing…

Gloriavale leader goes on trial on multiple charges of indecent assault

July 28, 2025: | 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…

Gloriavale member sentenced to four years two months in jail for sexual offending against girls

February 5, 2025: | 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…

Gloriavale workers packed jars until their hands bled to meet illegal honey order

January 31, 2025: | 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…

Gloriavale leader and contractor in court for ‘stupid’ honey fraud

January 30, 2025: | 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.…

12-year-old suffered significant hearing loss after being hit in the head with grubber at Gloriavale dairy farm, court hears

December 12, 2024: | 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…

MPI drops allegations of fraud against Gloriavale honey company after liquidation

December 12, 2024: | 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…

Gloriavale man admits charges of indecent assault and acts against eight girls

September 20, 2024: | 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…

Gloriavale man admits sexual offending against eight girls

September 20, 2024: | 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.…