‘Devil’ blamed for sex offending

March 19, 2024: | 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…

Jonathan Benjamin sentenced to more than 11 years’ jail for sexual offending against Gloriavale children

March 18, 2024: | 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…

Gloriavale man jailed for abusing nine children over more than three decades

March 18, 2024: | The Press | Joanne Naish | A victim of child sex abuse in Gloriavale is calling for the Government to take action to protect children in the Christian community,…

Gloriavale leader on tight rein

February 16, 2024: | Greymouth Star | Gloriavale Christian Community’s elderly spiritual leader Howard Temple, who is facing over 20 historic charges of sexual off ending, will be briefly allowed back at the…

‘Stealthful’ sex offending

January 19, 2024: | Greymouth Star Online article | A 32-year-old Gloriavale father of seven was yesterday sentenced to home detention over “stealthful’’ sexual offending committed 16 years ago inside the isolated Christian…

Survivor speaks out after sex offender found guilty

December 13, 2023: Joanne Naish | The Press | A woman who was sexually violated as a child by a predator in the Gloriavale christian community says she has carried the trauma silently…

Police welcome Gloriavale sex assault case verdicts

December 12, 2023: Inside Government NZ | Public Service | NZ Police has welcomed the verdicts returned in Greymouth District Court yesterday, where a man has been found guilty for multiple historical sexual…

Jonathan Benjamin found guilty of historical sexual offences at Gloriavale

December 11, 2023: | RNZ | A 58-year-old man has been found guilty of multiple historical sexual offences at Gloriavale. The verdicts against Jonathan Benjamin, delivered in Greymouth District Court, relate to 11…

Gloriavale sex offences: Greymouth District Court finds 58-year-old man guilty on 11 charges

December 11, 2023: Raphael Franks | NZ Herald | A 58-year-old man has been found guilty of committing sexual offences at reclusive Christian community Glorivale, some of which were historical charges dating back to the…