Gloriavale teacher Vigilant Standtrue used a pitchfork, stick, pipe, axe handle, broom handle and shovel handle to assault multiple boys. One of those victims, who is now an adult, has spoken about how hard it is for him to quantify the mental strain caused by years of abuse at Standtrue’s hands. "I find it hard to trust people now," he said. "It scares me as to how I was treated." In a victim impact statement read to the court, the 29-year-old father of four said he had lived for years without being able to cope. "I often think of those times of abuse; my childhood was full of nightmares." Standtrue, 43, appeared for sentencing in the Christchurch District Court today on representative charges of assault with a blunt instrument. The charges related to four victims aged 8 to 13 between 2001 and 2013. Standtrue was found guilty after a jury trial in the Greymouth District Court in January. Today, the court heard the assaults were not isolated but occurred over a period of time.…