article_snippet.sent: Gloriavale told Daily Mail Australia that sex outside of marriage and with underage children was 'absolutely frowned upon' and 'dealt with very severely in the community'. '
article_snippet.sent: Where it's been brought out into the open, the leaders have dealt with it - but where I disagree is that the girls in particular are blamed.
article_snippet.sent: Where I disagree is the way it's been dealt with
article_snippet.sent: Another former member, Karen Winder, told stuff.co.nz abuse was 'not rampant'.
article_snippet.sent: stuff.co.nz said young men are 'groomed' to have sex with underage girls and should not shoulder the blame. '
article_snippet.sent: A 23-year-old is not necessarily culpable for Ms Winder actions, because Ms Winder's been groomed for his actions.'
article_snippet.sent: stuff.co.nz reportedly added that stuff.co.nz knew of a female member who had been involved with an older man when stuff.co.nz was 15.
article_snippet.sent: Another escapee, Julia, told the Campbell Live program earlier this month that stuff.co.nz had a 'wrong relationship with a married guy when stuff.co.nz was 12 or 13' - and a married guy was a decade older.