Interview with Mercy Survivor
August 7, 2008 by admin
Filed under Press Coverage, Video
The original interview can be found on G’Day World: http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/07/25/gday-world-335-mercy-ministries-survivor-vickie/
Edit: The original videos listed below, no longer work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlK-SMolDhw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_ygUmonvC4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlTAU55QjEshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrLeYucrTQo
With thanks to Cynic Sage for uploading the interview to youtube.
How to cure anorexia with exorcisms
August 7, 2008 by admin
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Original article: http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/07/18/How_to_cure_anorexia_with_exorcisms_101
18/07/2008 | Tim Brunero
Exorcisms to cure mental illness and drug addiction, locking vulnerable people away from friends and family, prayer as a solution to all problems – sounds like psych ward from last century. But actually it’s just the ‘Mercy Way’.
The once mighty ‘Mercy Ministries’, a secretive outfit that purports to treat young women [...]
Mercy Ministries to close home
August 7, 2008 by admin
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Original article: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/mercy-ministries-to-close-home/2008/06/06/1212259115375.html
Ruth Pollard
June 7, 2008
MERCY Ministries, the Gloria Jeans and Hillsong-supported religious program under investigation for its controversial use of exorcism to treat mental illness, has announced its Queensland home will close.
A Herald investigation in March revealed that young women who entered the program were forced to sign over their Centrelink benefits and were [...]
Mercy Ministries to close Coast home
August 7, 2008 by admin
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The original article can be found here: http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2008/jun/07/mercy-ministries-close-coast-home/
By Toby Walker
7th June 2008
A Christian care group accused of mistreating troubled young women will close its Sunshine Coast home.
Sydney-based Mercy Ministries issued a statement on its website this week citing “strategic and resourcing issues” as the reason behind the closure of its Glenview home.
It said the closure [...]
Gloria Jeans and the Mercy Ministries
August 7, 2008 by admin
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Original article: http://queernews.co.cc/regular/opinion/gloria-jeans-and-the-mercy-ministries/
The Hon. Ian Hunter is a Member of the Legislative Council and chairperson of the Social Development Committee. Below is an extract from a Matter of Interest speech made before the Upper House on Wednesday April 30.
I was shocked and dismayed at recent reports in the Sydney Morning Herald from journalist Ruth Pollard [...]
Mercy Ministries misinformation referred to ACCC
August 7, 2008 by admin
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The press release can be found here: http://www.democrats.org.au/news/?press_id=6550
MERCY MINISTRIES MISINFORMATION REFERRED TO ACCC The Democrats succeeded in having the Mercy Ministries referred to the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission for allegedly misleading troubled young women into thinking they would receive free, specialist mental health services but instead, bombarding them with extremist and damaging religious ‘instruction’.
“It is [...]
Quality of Mercy looks strained
August 7, 2008 by admin
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Original article: http://www.smh.com.au/news/editorial/the-wreck-of-the-sydney/2008/03/17/1205602284363.html?page=2
WHAT IS the appropriate role for Satan in the delivery of mental health services? A silly question, you may think, in the 21st century. But the stories of young women struggling with conditions such as anorexia and drug addiction who have been drawn to Mercy Ministries show it is not silly at all. As [...]
Gloria Jeans CEO steps down, Hillsong controversy builds
August 7, 2008 by admin
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Original article: http://www.insideretailing.com.au/articles-page.aspx?articleType=ArticleView&articleId=2491
Ian Martini has stepped down as group CEO at Gloria Jean’s Coffees , reports the Australian Financial Review.
The company said in a statement “after much discussion with the board and for personal reasons, Ian will no longer be continuing as group chief executive”.
The business will be run by a senior management committee in conjunction [...]
Hell or a godsend: women tell their stories
August 7, 2008 by admin
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The orginal article can be seen here: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/hell-or-a-godsend-women-tell-their-stories/2008/03/17/1205602293125.html
MORE young women who say they were damaged by their time in Mercy Ministries have come forward to tell their stories, as further details emerge of the fundamentalist group’s questionable practices.
“I have been in the program, too: once in Sydney … and the other time at the Sunshine Coast [...]
Gays lost in sin
August 7, 2008 by admin
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The original article can be found here: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/gods-cure-for-gays-lost-in-sin/2008/03/18/1205602385236.html
Former residents say separation contracts, a ban on physical contact and teachings by an ’ex-gay’ are part of Mercy Ministry’s attempts to stamp out lesbianism in its flock, reports Ruth Pollard.
Sy Rogers … no longer gay.
WHEN Mercy Ministries says it helps young women with “life-controlling issues”, it means in [...]