Gloriavale

Special Guest: Hannah Harrison

Hannah was born into Gloriavale, and left with her parents and eleven siblings at the age of 20.

Special Guest: Liz Gregory

Liz is the Manager of the Gloriavale Leavers' Support Trust and its lead support worker. She liaises with people who have left Gloriavale to ensure they are getting the support they require, and builds effective and lasting friendships with the leavers. Liz has a heart for leavers, and feels that she can use her talents and connections to get a better deal for them. Liz uses skills that she has gained from her years as a school teacher and as a business owner to run the Charitable Trust and to move it in a direction that will benefit the most people. Liz’s Christian faith is the most important driver in her life.

EPISODE DETAILS

Written and Hosted by Sarah Steel

Research by Haley Gray and Sarah Steel

Music by Joe Gould

Edited by Corey Green at Transducer Audio

April 14th, 2021

Part 1

58 mins 25 secs

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Part 2

1 hr 5 mins 3 secs

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Gloriavale Christian Community has found itself in the New Zealand media headlines on multiple occasions. Its founder was once jailed for sexual abuse, but community members were convinced that it he was jailed for preaching the gospel. Followers claim that their way of life is all about the common good and nobody having more than anyone else. Former members say their time there was dominated by endless work and an overriding sense of fear.

EPISODE LINKS

Gloriavale Christian Community — official website, accessed March 2021
Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust — official website, accessed March 2021
The Christian Church Community Trust Charities Services Investigation — 22 December 2016, supplied under the Official Information Act to Newsroom and published 28 March 2017
Lilia Tarawa — official website, accessed March 2021
Who was Hopeful Christian and how did he rise to notoriety at Gloriavale? — by Brad Flahive, Stuff, 15 May 2018
Gloriavale: A World Apart — directed by Amanda Evans, 2016
Gloriavale: The Return — directed by Amanda Evans, 2018
Gloriavale leavers describe fear, oppression in community — Logan Church, Checkpoint, RNZ, 14 November 2019
I grew up in a cult. It was heaven -- and hell. — Lilia Tarawa, TEDxChristchurch, 17 November 2017
Gloriavale escapees open up about family separation, leaving sect — Nicholas, Pointon, Checkpoint, RNZ, 26 August 2019
Our Father: Life under a harsh Gloriavale man — Paula Penfold, Stuff, 5 October 2018
Gloriavale leader dies: Bizarre world of Hopeful Christian — NZ Herald, 15 May 2018
Gloriavale leavers calling for new investigation into community — by Sam Sherwood and Oliver Lewis, Stuff, 26 July 2020
Inside Gloriavale: Going undercover still haunts me — by Melanie Reid, Newsroom, 29 March 2017
Gloriavale leavers launch petition and protests to get Government inquiry — by Joanne Carroll and Jonathan Guildford, Stuff, 6 October 2020
Petition of Elizabeth Gregory for the Gloriavale Leavers' Support Trust: Full inquiry into Gloriavale amidst slavery and abuse concerns — NZ Parliament Petition, 2 October 2020
Former Gloriavale member launches civil court action against leadership trust — Otago Daily Times, 11 February 2021
Wilderness Quest NZ — official website, accessed March 2021
Father tells of rescuing kids from West Coast cult — by Rebecca Quilliam, NZ Herald, 23 April 2009
Gloriavale father convicted for assaulting daughters across 13 years — by Patrick Gower, Newshub, 4 October 2018
Gloriavale teen chokes to death in 'isolation room' — Newshub, 15 August 2016
Men 'groomed' to have underage sex in Gloriavale, ex-member says — by Ashleigh Stewart, Stuff, 1 May 2015
Inside Gloriavale: The official story — by Morgan Tait, Stuff, 28 March 2017
Former navy engineer replaces late Hopeful Christian as new leader at Gloriavale — by Joanne Carroll, Stuff, 2 November 2018
How Gloriavale's leadership structure works — by Henry Cookem Stuff, 31 March 2017
Gloriavale trust's assets and profits up on last year — by Joanne Naish, Stuff, 3 March 2021
Gloriavale leaver launches High Court civil proceedings against leaders — by Joanne Carroll, Stuff, 23 September 2020
Gloriavale leader Howard Temple investigated for assaulting woman — by Joanne Carroll, Stuff, 19 June 2020
Gloriavale: Cult or idyllic society? — by Jeremy Olds, Sunday Magazine, 15 July 2014
Trio charged as investigation into alleged child abuse at Gloriavale continues — by Joanne Naish, Stuff, 12 February 2021
Unmasking Gloriavale to give a voice to the voiceless — by Esther Ashby-Coventry, Stuff, 24 August 2020
Lawyer says legal proceedings seek to change culture that ‘breeds sexual predators’ at Gloriavale — by Mariné Lourens, Stuff, 11 February 2021
Victim: Gloriavale leader is no man of god — Stuff, 31 May 2015
My life in a religious cult: 'The most dangerous place in the world is the womb of an ungodly woman' — by Lilia Tarawa, The Guardian, 29 August 2017
Departures — by Anke Richter, New Zealand Geographic, Issue 155, January - February 2019
Meet the family of 14 who escaped a Christian cult. — by Emily Verdouw, Mamamia, 12 March 2015
Gloriavale — short film directed by Cody Packer, 2011
Police say they regularly visit Gloriavale to promote safety — NZ Herald, 13 February 2018
Royal commission gathering evidence relating to Gloriavale — by Sam Sherwood, Stuff, 26 August 2020
Second senior member leaves secretive sect Gloriavale over management concerns — by Sam Sherwood and Joanne Carroll, Stuff, 2 October 2020

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