Newshub – Former Gloriavale resident discusses exhaustion she faced in Christian commune

September 2, 2022: Newshub – 2/09/2022 There were tears in the public gallery on Friday as a former resident of Gloriavale recalled the exhaustion and brutal work hours she suffered within the community. Virginia Courage is one of six women arguing she was an employee while working at the isolated Christian commune rather…

1News – Gloriavale lawyer says ex-resident signed away employment rights

September 1, 2022: 1News – 1/09/2022 It’s been suggested a former Gloriavale resident signed away her workers’ rights. Pearl Valor is one of six women fighting for the right to have been treated as an employee, rather than a volunteer while at the West Coast commune. Read more here: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/09/01/gloriavale-lawyer-says-ex-resident-signed-away-employment-rights/…

NZ Herald – ‘Help us’ – Ex-Gloriavale women call on Kiwis for help as they fight for ‘justice’ in Employment Court

September 1, 2022: NZ Herald – 1/09/2022 A mum-of-11 who escaped the Gloriavale and is part of an Employment Court case against the Christian community – alleging women are treated as “modern-day slaves” – is calling on Kiwis for help. Virginia Courage and fellow leavers Pearl Valor, Serenity Pilgrim, Rose Standtrue, Anna Courage…

Newshub – Former Gloriavale resident shares experience of growing up in the Christian community

September 1, 2022: Newshub – 1/09/2022 A former resident of Gloriavale says she never had access to Panadol growing up and was often berated and accused of being lazy. On the fourth day, Pearl Valor gave evidence at an Employment Court hearing in Christchurch, which is examining the role of women in the…

Newshub: ‘Conditioned and primed’: Former resident shares experience of growing up in Gloriavale

September 1, 2022: Newshub A former Gloriavale resident alleges she never had access to Panadol growing up and was often berated and accused of being lazy. Pearl Valor gave evidence on Thursday, on the fourth day of an Employment Court hearing in Christchurch, examining the role of women in the isolated Christian commune.…

NZ Herald – Emotional testimony from Gloriavale leaver about life of fear, pressure, sexual abuse

August 31, 2022: NZ Herald – 31/08/2022 Growing up at Gloriavale Rose Standtrue lived in fear. She feared not waking up in time for work, feared being late and feared being forced to stand in front of the 600-strong population at the Christian commune and apologise if she made any mistakes. She also…

Newshub – Former Gloriavale resident alleges sexual abuse, public shaming, being cut off from her family when she left community

August 31, 2022: Newshub – 31/08/2022 It’s been an emotional day at the Gloriavale Employment Court case, with a witness alleging she was sexually abused, publicly shamed and cut off from her family when she left. Rose Standtrue said she was under so much pressure, she contemplated taking her own life. Every day…

NZ Herald – ‘You feel like you always owe them’ – Why Pearl Valor stayed at Gloriavale and the horrors that made her leave

August 31, 2022: NZ Herald – 31/08/2022 Pearl Valor has given further evidence in court about her time at the controversial Gloriavale community – breaking down in tears as she recalled being hungry, stealing food and being refused dental treatment. But despite all of that she stayed, the guilt of what would happen…