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…

“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…

Life as a teen after leaving Gloriavale

February 10, 2025: | TVNZ | “At about 10 years old, I imagined life outside Gloriavale would look sad and I wouldn’t have any friends … but that’s not true at all.” Angel Pilgrim was 13 years old when she left Gloriavale with her 12 siblings and parents. Now she’s 17, living in…

Former Gloriavale members want compensation following court ruling

November 22, 2024: | 1News | Ryan Boswell | A former Gloriavale member wants to be paid for his years of work in the West Coast commune to end what he calls exploitative practices against residents. Hosea Courage spoke to 1News as the Employment Court made a new ruling that could pave the…

Gloriavale leader allegedly admits community ‘used forced labour’

November 11, 2024: | The Press | A recording has emerged of what is believed to be Gloriavale leader Howard Temple allegedly admitting to the community that the Bill of Rights had been breached and that people had been forced to work. The video, leaked to ThreeNews, was recorded in 2022, shortly after some…