Newshub – Former Gloriavale residents sceptical over leaders’ ‘unprecedented’ apology about sexual abuse and worker exploitation

May 27, 2022: Michael Morrah – Newshub – 27/05/2022 Gloriavale’s leaders have issued an unprecedented apology – but it’s been met with caution from former residents. They wrote a letter admitting they failed to protect victims of sexual abuse and labour exploitation, and they’re promising change. Gloriavale’s known for conducting its affairs privately.…

RNZ / Newshub – Gloriavale leaders apologise over sex abuse and exploitation failures

May 27, 2022: RNZ – 27/05/2022 Gloriavale’s leaders have offered a public apology for failing to protect victims of labour exploitation and sexual abuse. The apology comes in the wake of multiple scandals surrounding the reclusive West Coast Christian sect. Just this week Silver Fern Farms pulled out of commercial agreements with the…

NZ Herald – Gloriavale – Zion Pilgrim’s story on leaving the Christian Community

May 14, 2022: NZ Herald – Hope Project – 14/05/2022 Zion Pilgrim had spent all his life living at Gloriavale on the South Island’s West Coast. It was the only life he knew growing up. But in 2020 he left Gloriavale after questioning the leadership, a decision he doesn’t regret. It was, according…

YouTube – BHN – Gloriavale, “New Zealand’s biggest crime scene” with Olivia Wensley

May 12, 2022: YouTube – BHN – 12/05/2022 Former lawyer. CEO of Startup Queenstown Lakes and the catalyst for the #MeToo movement in NZ, Olivia Wensley, joins us to tell her story of helping a 22-year-old woman and her mother escape Gloriavale after coming and going to the West Coast community for 6…

Newshub – Charities Services announces investigation into Gloriavale while WorkSafe and Labour Inspectorate to visit

May 11, 2022: By Michael Morrah – Newshub – 11/05/2022 The Charities Services has announced an investigation into Gloriavale and both WorkSafe and the Labour Inspectorate say they’ll be visiting the community, following a landmark Employment Court ruling. But a former Gloriavale leader said he wants to see action, not just noise, and…