Former Gloriavale member: Sex was talked about at every meal
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Linda Feary was a lost solo mum when she found salvation in the form of the Gloriavale religious community in 1975. But through the 1980s, she claims the controversial commune was rife with incest, sexual assault, child abuse, bullying, and forced labour. Now, after almost 30 years on from her escape, Feary tells her story for the first time. Kurt Bayer reports.
PART 1: Revelations
The galloping stallion thundered up the winding path, scything through dense bush, kicking up fine dust clouds. A dark figure clad with billowing black cape rode high approaching a rickety wooden house backed into the steep hillside. The taniwha, thought a little girl, just aged 4, barefoot and wide-eyed. A miracle.