Government, faith-based groups miss Abuse In Care response guideline

September 25, 2024: | RNZ | Tim Brown | The government and a vast majority of faith-based institutions have missed a key deadline recommended by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. The commissioner’s first time-sensitive recommendation was that the government and faith-based institutions should publish responses to the inquiry’s reports…

Church institutions still not accountable for abuse — campaigners

August 8, 2024: | 1News | Ryan Boswell | Survivors of abuse in faith-based care are worried perpetrators and institutions won’t be held accountable despite the findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse. The inquiry, which reported last month after a six-year investigation, found the moral authority of religious leaders had…

Government liable for Gloriavale redress, leavers group says

July 27, 2024: | The Press | Joanne Naish | A woman who claims she was enslaved at Gloriavale from birth says an apology without accountability is “pointless”. The Royal Commission into Abuse in Care’s final report recommended Overseeing Shepherd Howard Temple issue a formal apology for neglect and abuse in Gloriavale. The inquiry…

Gloriavale focus of abuse report

July 25, 2024: | Greymouth Star | Laura Mills | The Abuse in Care Royal Commission recommendations include steps that would prevent someone like Gloriavale founder Hopeful Christian — who returned to lead the community after being jailed for sex offending — from ever happening again. The inquiry’s 3000-page final report, released yesterday, estimated 200,000…