Police have received two more complaints of abuse within a secretive sect known as the Two by Twos. The FBI is investigating the sect for historical child sexual abuse, and two Northland men have already appeared in court over historic…[Continue Reading...]
Police have today confirmed more people have come forward to report allegations of sexual abuse within the New Zealand Two by Twos church. Two people have contacted police to disclose alleged abuse in the last three weeks. Detective Inspector Warwick…[Continue Reading...]
A secretive religious sect. An FBI investigation. A sitting National MP. The fringe, home-based Christian movement commonly known as the Two by Twos is being looked into by multiple agencies after allegations of child sexual abuse came to light. A…[Continue Reading...]
Twenty-seven New Zealand-based people have reported allegations of sexual abuse within the secretive Two by Twos church, police have confirmed today. As a result, police have launched “several” new criminal investigations – and there may be more to come. The…[Continue Reading...]
National MP Hamish Campbell has been accused of downplaying his “connection” to a secretive religious movement under investigation by the FBI and New Zealand police over allegations of sexual abuse, the Herald can reveal. Multiple sources have claimed that Campbell…[Continue Reading...]
Current and former members of a secretive sect operating in New Zealand are being urged to report allegations of child abuse. The FBI in the US is investigating claims of abuse at the sect, which has no official name but…[Continue Reading...]
Theophila Pratt is reclaiming her life – fighting back against the legacy of her brutally confining and abusive childhood in the West Coast fundamentalist cult of Gloriavale. The ability to appreciate the smallest of life’s freedoms and not to take…[Continue Reading...]
A former member of the high-profile New Zealand sect Gloriavale has written a book about her life and she’s launching it at an event in rural east Auckland. Theophila Pratt, who was named Honey Faithful at birth, was born and…[Continue Reading...]
Ushered into her parents’ bedroom with her eight brothers and sisters, the eight-year-old girl felt bewildered. “Protected” from the “wicked outside world” by a strict religious community, she had been brought up to accept the teachings of the sect -…[Continue Reading...]
A Christian fundamentalist group has clashed with police after it protested a rainbow Pride parade while performing a haka. Members of Brian Tamaki's Destiny Church held up the parade in central Auckland on Saturday, wearing T-shirts with the words 'Man…[Continue Reading...]
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