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Connie Ready has an image in her mind of the perfect father: someone who would take her places, do fun things with her, hang out, talk, laugh with her. Someone who would give her protection and strength and love. Read: https://bit.ly/3yVvTBQ | Sub: https://bit.ly/2JPg8oB “Sadly I never had a father. I had a biological father; someone who gave me life. But I never had a dad, never had that protector. “[Instead] I had someone who was a puppet to the leaders. Whatever they said he would do.” She’s talking about the leaders of Gloriavale, the West Coast Christian community she unflinchingly refers to as a cult. The place she was born and raised in until she left - “ran away” - one night two years ago. You may recognise Connie Ready’s surname. The 24-year-old is one of the elder siblings of 14-year-old Prayer Ready, who had Down syndrome, and who was the focus of a Circuit investigation in 2016, because of the awful circumstances of her death in Gloriavale: choking to death on a piece of meat while in an isolation room on which the door handles had been disabled. Another Circuit investigation last year revealed the concerns of Connie and her brother David Ready, that the leaders of Gloriavale had manipulated the Coroner into believing the disabled door handles did not contribute to Prayer’s death. Now, after Stuff fought Gloriavale through the courts, Connie is finally able to speak about further awful circumstances: the beatings she and her siblings - including her disabled sister Prayer - suffered at the hands of their father. READ MORE: http://stuff.co.nz/s/UUKh Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/2JPg8oB ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff is New Zealand's largest and most popular news site. With more than 500 journalists spread from Northland to Southland, we cover breaking news, politics, business, sport, crime, the environment, health, education, home and property, food, lifestyle, entertainment, weather, travel, technology, motoring, farming and much more. As well as covering the stories of the day, we specialise in investigative journalism, opinion and analysis, and long-form writing and visual storytelling. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social media channels: TikTok:   / nzstuff   Twitter:   / nzstuff