Photo: RNZA 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to sexual offending at the Gloriavale Christian Community on the West Coast. The man entered the guilty pleas to three representative charges of indecent assault against teenage boys following an appearance in the Greymouth District Court this afternoon. The offending occurred at Gloriavale between 2015 and 2018 when the offender was himself a teenager. Police and Oranga Tamariki conducted four days of interviews at Gloriavale last week. The community had been the subject of allegations of sexual abuse and abusing workers' rights.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 12, 2021 05:15 UTC