‘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 and 10 months. A Greymouth District Court jury took two weeks late last year to find Jonathan Benjamin, 58, guilty…

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 vulnerability of his victims to exploit them. Jonathan Benjamin was sentenced in the Greymouth District Court to 11 years and…

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, saying the court has proved multiple times that it “isn’t a safe place”. Virginia Courage spoke after the sentencing of…

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 community’s Lake Brunner satellite site this Sunday. An application to vary the 83-year-old’s bail conditions was filed with Judge Stephen…

‘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 community at Lake Haupiri. Ready Standtrue, who was born and raised at Gloriavale, was 16 and 17 years old when…

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 for too long. Jonathan Benjamin, 58, was found guilty of 11 charges of sexual offending against four girls and not…

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 offences at Gloriavale. A 58-year-old man was found guilty of 11 charges of sexual offending against four out of five…

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 charges of sexual offending against four people at the Christian community between 1986 and 2017. Benjamin, who had already admitted…

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 1980s. The Greymouth District Court found the man guilty on 11 recent charges today and referred him for sentencing next…