Editing Gloriavale Christian Community (section)

=== John Ready ===
On 7 March 2023, the ''[[Timaru Herald]]'' reported that a former Gloriavale farm manager John Ready had pleaded guilty at the [[District Court of New Zealand|Timaru District Court]] to assaulting two 11-year old boys with a metal fence standard for disobeying him while performing farming chores at Gloriavale. Judge Jim Large remanded Ready on bail for sentencing on 13 June 2023 and also ordered that [[restorative justice]] options be explored with one of his former victims, who had since left Gloriavale.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sail |first1=Doug |date=7 March 2023 |title=Gloriavale farm manager struck boys with metal fence standard |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/131426986/gloriavale-farm-manager-struck-boys-with-metal-fence-standard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308072247/https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/131426986/gloriavale-farm-manager-struck-boys-with-metal-fence-standard |archive-date=8 March 2023 |access-date=20 March 2023 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]}}</ref>