Editing Gloriavale Christian Community (section)

==== Operation Minneapolis ====
In July 2020, the [[New Zealand Police]] in conjunction with [[Oranga Tamariki]] launched Operation Minneapolis, an investigation into child abuse at Gloriavale, after receiving information about alleged abuse of an 11-year-old boy.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Beyer|first=Kurt|date=20 September 2021|title=Probe identifies 'numerous victims'|page=2|work=Hokitika Guardian}}</ref> In September 2020, a 20-year-old man was charged with doing an indecent act on three boys between the ages of 12 and 16 years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carroll |first1=Joane |title=Gloriavale man, 20, charged with indecent acts on three boys |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/122860838/gloriavale-man-20-charged-with-indecent-acts-on-three-boys |access-date=12 February 2021 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006042928/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/122860838/gloriavale-man-20-charged-with-indecent-acts-on-three-boys |archive-date=6 October 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> He was discharged in September 2021 without conviction after pleading guilty – the offences had occurred when he himself was a teenager and the court felt there was a low risk of him reoffending.<ref name=":0" />