GLORIOUS

Hi Babes! This week we’re exploring Gloriavale, ‘a christian community home to more than 90 families.’ They swear they’re not a cult…but if it looks like a cult, and it quacks like a cult…I’ll let you be the judge. We’ve got a prophet, a compound, and a whole lot of blue.

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Sources:

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/05/why-they-wear-blue-the-weirdest-customs-from-inside-gloriavale.html

https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/68166569/men-groomed-to-have-underage-sex-in-gloriavale-ex-member-says

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300241979/gloriavale-the-daily-life-the-dark-side-and-uncertain-future-explained

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloriavale_Christian_Community

‘Daughter of Gloriavale’ Lilia Tarawa

Lilia’s Tedx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS7mBbXxJYA&t=626s

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