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Gloriavale’s Howard Temple on trial on 24 charges of indecent assault against wome

July 28, 2025: | Stuff | Juliet Speedy |The trial of the head of Gloriavale began today in Greymouth with Howard Temple facing 24 charges of indecent assault. The charges all relate to inappropriate touching of women within the community, but the defence says it was all part of Temple’s pastoral care. Senior…

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Episode 223: Gloriavale

July 15, 2025: | True Crime and Cocktails | YouTube | Commence listening at 35:38 Lauren and Christy deep dive the New Zealand cult Gloriavale. Christy’s research reveals the founder changing the rules to serve himself, SO many cases of abuse, and a suspicious death the cult tried to hide! So grab a…

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Leaving a cult with Theophila Pratt (Part 1)

May 20, 2025: | Cult Chat | Podcast | Theophila Pratt, author of “Unveiled – A Story of Surviving Gloriavale” joins the team for our first of three episodes about leaving cults. This compelling conversation explores the immediate challenges, discusses identity construction, and the difficulties of finding people to help along the way.…

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Heaven and Hell: The Dark Truth Behind NZ’s Centrepoint & Gloriavale Cults

May 3, 2025: | Award Ceremony and More | Step inside two of New Zealand’s most notorious communities—Centrepoint and Gloriavale. This video explores the disturbing realities behind their promises of utopia, revealing stories of control, manipulation, and abuse from those who lived through it. Featuring survivor testimonies and documentary footage from Heaven and…

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Zion & Gloriana’s Story: A Journey from Control to Christ

April 15, 2025: | Sanctuary | Dave Mann | What happens when faith collides with freedom? Dave Mann, from Shining Light Trust shares the emotional and spiritual journey of a couple who left Gloriavale—and found Christ anew. Their story, now a ‪@nzshinetv‬ documentary, is one of healing, forgiveness, and a deeper, freer walk…

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The Dark Truth of Gloriavale: A New Zealand Cult

March 10, 2025: | Mystery Shack | Step inside one of the world’s most secretive and controversial religious communities—Gloriavale. Hidden deep in New Zealand’s remote wilderness, this isolated Christian sect has faced shocking allegations of control, manipulation, and abuse. But how did it all begin? And why do people stay? In this deep…

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An Arranged Marriage! – Zion and Gloriana’s Gloriavale story

March 6, 2025: | Hope Project NZ | After 25 years in their arranged marriage at Gloriavale, while Zion and Gloriana still loved each other very much, they realised they could no longer agree with the vows they once made. Born into the reclusive Gloriavale community in New Zealand, Zion and Gloriana entered…

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Gloriavale Escapee Answers Questions from Instagram!

March 4, 2025: | Dom Harvey Podcast | 27 year old Theo Pratt spent the first 18 years of her life in the Gloriavale cult. When she left as a young adult, she turned her back on everything she’d ever known since birth. When I announced on Instagram that Theo was joining me…

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Gloriavale Survivor – Exposing Abuse & Cult in India, Consequences of Leaving

March 2, 2025: | The Dom Harvey Podcast | At just 18 years old, Theo Pratt made the terrifying decision to leave the Gloriavale cult and everything she’d ever known—her family, her home, her entire way of life- absolutely everything she had known since birth. She was dropped at a bus stop with…

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“How Cults Control Women”, Recover From Coercive Control

February 22, 2025: | Recover from Coercive Control | Renee Spencer| Patriarchy is a powerful tool for control, and cults know it. In this video, we break down how patriarchal structures are weaponised in cults to suppress, manipulate, and control women-using the infamous Gloriavale community as a case study. Gloriavale, a reclusive Christian…

Gloriavale’s Howard Temple on trial on 24 charges of indecent assault against wome

Episode 223: Gloriavale

Leaving a cult with Theophila Pratt (Part 1)

Heaven and Hell: The Dark Truth Behind NZ’s Centrepoint & Gloriavale Cults

Zion & Gloriana’s Story: A Journey from Control to Christ

The Dark Truth of Gloriavale: A New Zealand Cult

An Arranged Marriage! – Zion and Gloriana’s Gloriavale story

Gloriavale Escapee Answers Questions from Instagram!

Gloriavale Survivor – Exposing Abuse & Cult in India, Consequences of Leaving

“How Cults Control Women”, Recover From Coercive Control

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