It’s believed the government has the ability to shut down Gloriavale.  

The West Coast religious commune's 85-year-old leader Howard Temple is a sex offender, having plead guilty to 12 charges, including indecent assault, mid-way through a trial.  

The charges relate to offending back to the 1990s.  

Leavers' lawyer Brian Henry told John MacDonald there are laws that allow the removal of families from harm, and the Corporations Investigation and Management Act.  

He claims it's now, beyond doubt, a criminal organization of sex offending and there are options to step in, take over assets, and straighten out what's going on.  

Henry says the Prime Minister needs to knock the heads together of every government department tasked with protecting little girls. 

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