Dark side of Gloriavale

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Interesting article on Gloriavale for anyone interested.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/1278602...ident-says


“When you have… families torn apart in the name of God in a Christian community, then I believe something is very wrong. Is this the way Jesus would want it to be?

“There is a dark side hidden in this community, which needs to be brought to the light.”


He described Gloriavale as “a brutal control regime”, with members conditioned to follow the shepherds’ authority from a young age, by a combination of public humiliation, withholding food, and, in the past, physical punishment.

Disciple said leaving did not feel like an option."

Absolutley disgusting, I have to keep reminding myself of this and count my lucky stars that I was not born into this cult which is much worse than what I had to deal with.
I recently left the Jehovahs Witness cult, and thats bad enough, Ive lost all my friends and family and have virtually no-one.
So many similarities to gloriavale with the practice of shunning those that leave.

All these cults need to loose their charity status, they are not a charity, but a business and they harm lives, not help them.
But the public need to be aware of this and be educated to it or else nothing will be done, other countries are starting to wake up to it.

Had a client in the same boat as you recently, his was the Exclusive Brethren that he left.  They all seem to have the same MO,  shunning those that leave etc scientology is another.

Best move you ever made if might be bold enough to say, there is no place in a free thinking world for that level of control of people's bodies and mind...