article_snippet.sent: The latter town, some 300kms south of Gloriavale, has become home to several former members of the sect recently following a virtual exodus.
article_snippet.sent: According to Sunday NZ program,  22 residents have left in the past two months.
article_snippet.sent: Among 22 residents includes the Ben Canaan family of 14, who famously walked out this March. '
article_snippet.sent: Many families have left for Timaru, around 300kms south .
article_snippet.sent: The 'Ben Canaan' family of fourteen, pictured, left Gloriavale for Timaru in March 2015.
highlights_snippet.sent: It is a secretive Christian commune on the New Zealand West Coast .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: A Timaru church has been instrumental in settling the family .
  