Two by Twos: NZ police confirm ‘several’ new investigations into alleged sexual abuse within church
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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 Two by Twos are a controversial home-based fundamentalist Christian church.
The movement was founded in 1887 by Scotsman William Irvine, but some profess its beginnings can be traced back to Galilee, where Jesus Christ is said to have been raised.
Officially, the church has no name, there are no official buildings, and it is not registered as a charity.
Its members meet at private homes for “House Church” on Sundays and gather at community halls for “gospel” sessions led by “workers” – pairs of preachers – several times a week.
The church is thought to have several thousand members in New Zealand.
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