article_snippet: James Ben Canaan walked out on the Gloriavale Christian Community, located in Haupiri on New Zealand west coast, suddenly at the weekend with James Ben Canaan wife Hope and 12 children.
article_snippet: The commune, who refused to go into detail about the Ben Canaan family's sudden departure, hit back at her family's accusations arguing that it was 'entirely her family choice to leave', the New Zealand Herald reports.
article_snippet: the Ben Canaan family would struggle like her did to integrate into society. '
article_snippet: the Ben Canaan family, who are among a number of large families to walk out on Gloriavale in recent years, are now staying 300km away in Timaru.
article_snippet: James and Hope Ben Canaan have since forsaken James and Hope Ben Canaan nun-like headdresses and white bibs to put on everyday clothes, while James and Hope Ben Canaan children have removed their children hooded hats and blue uniforms. '
article_snippet: It's a huge deal for James and Hope Ben Canaan to stop wearing James and Hope Ben Canaan community clothes and so James and Hope Ben Canaan are going to transition slowly,' Liz Gregory, who has offered the family of 14 her home, told the New Zealand Herald on Wednesday.