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Gloriavale unveiled: What life is really like inside controversial sect Residents of Gloriavale make food for the community. (Photo / TVNZ) Gloriavale unveiled: What life is really like inside controversial sect Wed, 19 May 2021, 12:15PM The infamous Gloriavale document where newcomers sign their lives over to the secretive religious sect has been revealed as a key part of a potentially-landmark legal action against the Christian community's leadership. The original document, 'A Declaration of Commitment to Jesus Christ and to the Christian Church and Community at Gloriava...

It reads: “I forsake all that I have to follow Christ, renouncing forever all personal ownership of houses, lands money and all other possessions. Whatever I own, I now give to the poor and needy of this world or share with my brothers and sisters in Christ. “I give the overseeing shepherd of our Church Communities the absolute and unfettered right to administer and use all the property, assets and money of the Christian Community Trust for the benefit of everyone within these communities.” One of the plaintiffs signed the document on December 7 1977. It’s explained that any person ca...