Gloriavale survivor Theophila Pratt talks life on the outside with Paula Bennett – Ask Me Anything

Even though she had always had her doubts about Gloriavale, it took Theophila Pratt until she was 18 to finally leave the community behind. But when her mum dropped her off at a bus stop in Greymouth, Pratt didn’t even know what a bus stop was. “They gave me $200 in an envelope.

I didn’t have any ID or a phone. I was just dropped at the bus stop with printed-out airfares to Auckland. So that was the five-hour drive on the bus from Greymouth over to Christchurch.



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