When Theo Pratt saw her sister in India’s Gloriavale outpost last year, she was horrified. “She was just like a shell of the person I remembered as my sister. I was very taken aback, I didn’t expect it to be…[Continue Reading...]
It takes immense bravery to leave the confines of an insular, tightly knit community like Gloriavale. Especially when it’s the only life you’ve ever known and you’ve been told since birth that the community is your sanctuary from an outside…[Continue Reading...]
Former MP Catherine Delahunty has revealed her brush with the Gloriavale community left her “disturbed” and “heartbroken” for the women there. The ex-Green MP said during a 2015 visit to the West Coast Christian community she witnessed institutionalised misogyny that…[Continue Reading...]
In a significant court ruling, a Gloriavale man sentenced to 11 years for sexual offending has faced justice. The man, Jonathan Benjamin, was convicted for a series of crimes against children within the secluded Gloriavale Christian community. His reprehensible acts,…[Continue Reading...]
When Rosie Overcomer looked at her newborn daughter’s face for the first time, she was overwhelmed with fear. She was afraid of her daughter having the same upbringing as she had, in a place where women weren’t valued as highly…[Continue Reading...]
Across three nights, Escaping Utopia will reveal the careful planning involved in clandestine escapes from the fundamentalist Christian sect – with unprecedented access to its inner workings, the unravelling of its leadership, and the pursuit of justice by the Gloriavale…[Continue Reading...]
Last week, the Employment Court ruled six former Gloriavale residents were employees - not volunteers - while living in the reclusive West Coast community. Dubbed the 'Glorivale six', Serenity Pilgrim, Anna Courage, Rose Standtrue, Crystal Loyal, Pearl Valor and Virginia…[Continue Reading...]
Gloriavale School is under review by the Education Review Office, the Ministry of Education has confirmed. Serenity Pilgrim, Anna Courage, Rose Standtrue, Crystal Loyal, Pearl Valor and Virginia Courage took Gloriavale's leaders to court, arguing they lived in servitude working…[Continue Reading...]
The Employment Court has found Serenity Pilgrim, Anna Courage, Rose Standtrue, Crystal Loyal, Pearl Valor and Virginia Courage were employees who worked extremely hard under punishing conditions for years on end. In a case traversing challenging spiritual terrain and the…[Continue Reading...]
Former Gloriavale Christian School principal Faithful Pilgrim has told a court the community's leaders do not rule like tyrants, before breaking down over his relationship with a son who has left the sect. Pilgrim, who was a Shepherd until his…[Continue Reading...]
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