Gloriavale

[Lilith7]

It needs to be shut down yesterday, the big question is how to rehabilitate all these people?
The gloriavale leavers support trust would not be able to handle them all at once.
There needs to be a plan set in place now so that the authorities can come in and shut the place down and get some qualified councillors to come in and educate these people about the real world.

Biggest issue is where do you start? These people dont have bank accounts or even know what Auckland is!
Its nuts.
Should have never been allowed to get this far in the first place.
They are totally brainwashed, even more so than the likes of the Jehovahs Witnesses which I was a part of.
There are many similarities with the JW's after watching this, its more that they are hundreds of times more indoctrinated about the end coming and how they will be killed if they leave etc.
Quite depressing to hear their stories. I was in greymouth about 10 years ago and saw a bunch of them walking about on the street in their blue dresses. The local retailers told me its a common scene, seems like a privileged few actually have access to a car to drive into town.

Definitely agree - it would be a massive job, helping all those people & especially the women to learn about the outside world & how to live there. They'll have had very little education on much of anything, Perhaps those who managed to leave would be the best people to help, they'd know what's needed & the best way in which to help them.