Editing Gloriavale Christian Community (section)

== Public apology in 2022 ==
[[File:Gloriavale Christian Community 009.jpg|thumb|Former Gloriavale members protesting at ''[[The Press]]'' leaders' debate in October 2020]]
On 27 May 2022, Gloriavale's leadership issued a public apology for sexual abuse, child abuse and labour exploitation that had occurred within the community. They claimed that much had changed at Gloriavale following the resignation of their previous leader and founder in 2018. The leaders agreed to allow young people to make decisions on whether to continue living at Gloriavale once they had matured. To address future sexual offending, the leadership established a "Child Protection Leads team" that answered directly to [[Oranga Tamariki]] (the Ministry of Children). The leadership also claimed to have developed a new child protection policy which encouraged members to report acts of abuse to the police, Child Protection Leads team, and Oranga Tamariki. They also said that they had restructured their business operations to allow parents to spend more time with their children after 3pm.<ref name="May 2022 apology" />

On 31 May, two senior Gloriavale leaders, Fervent Steadfast and Faithful Pilgrim, resigned from their positions as senior community leaders following the public apology. Steadfast had previously served as Gloriavale's financial controller and had been accused of mishandling employment issues in the community. Pilgrim had previously served as the principal of Gloriavale Christian School until his resignation in 2020 for failing to protect pupils in his care.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two of Gloriavale's most senior leaders resign following public apology |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/two-of-gloriavales-most-senior-leaders-resign-following-public-apology/MV2HWVXNZHLHW5SIFJCDBOSDHU/ |access-date=2 June 2022 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=31 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531062551/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/two-of-gloriavales-most-senior-leaders-resign-following-public-apology/MV2HWVXNZHLHW5SIFJCDBOSDHU/ |archive-date=31 May 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>