Charity admits cheating women

Anne-Louise Brown of the Sunshine Coast Daily has written an article about Mercy Ministries.
“CHRISTIAN charity Mercy Ministries, which ran a home for young women in need on the Sunshine Coast, has admitted to false, misleading and deceptive conduct.”
The full article can be read here http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2009/12/19/charity-admits-cheating-women/
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Ministry leaders admit deceits, agree to payments, apology to clients

Bob Smietana of The Tennessean has written an article about Mercy Ministries.
“Mercy Ministries Australia ran two homes for young women with eating disorders and other problems. The program was supposed to be free. But residents were forced to sign over their government assistance checks. Mercy also promised psychological care but failed to deliver.”
You can read the [...]

Mercy Ministries “guilty of false, misleading and deceptive conduct”

Charity sorry over misleading services
By Jo Skinner
Posted Fri Dec 18, 2009
A Christian-based charity on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast has admitted it is guilty of false, misleading and deceptive conduct.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says Mercy Ministries has apologised for misrepresenting its services and repaid almost $120,000 to affected women.
The charity ran two homes for [...]

Mercy Ministries – “misleading conduct”

Jared Reed has written an article about the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s findings in regards to Mercy Ministries.
“Former directors of an evangelical Christian charity have admitted to falsely claiming their residential counselling program offered professional support from GPs and other health professionals.”
You can read the rest of the article here http://www.6minutes.com.au/articles/z1/view.asp?id=508701

ACCC findings: Mercy Ministries

16th December 2009
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has obtained court enforceable undertakings, which includes payment, from seven former directors of Mercy Ministries Incorporated and/or Mercy Ministries Limited in relation to misrepresentations by those entities.
The undertakings include an apology and a voluntary payment of $1050 to those people affected by the conduct. These are made by [...]

Mercy Ministries admits claims were false

Mercy Ministries admits claims were false

RUTH POLLARD INVESTIGATIONS EDITOR
December 17, 2009

FORMER directors of Mercy Ministries yesterday admitted the evangelical Christian organisation had engaged in false, misleading and deceptive conduct by wrongly claiming their residential care programs were free and included support from psychologists, dietitians, general practitioners and counsellors.
The admission is part of an Australian Competition [...]

The problems with therapy

The problems with therapy
The Times
Lucy Bannerman

December 7, 2009
Anyone can call themselves a counsellor, but is regulation really the answer?
…. The experience of Shona Fleming, 24, from Doncaster, who underwent therapy offered by an organisation with extreme religious views, underscores some of the difficulties. Three years ago, she was struggling with bulimia, self-harm and suicidal [...]

Bad publicity brings Mercy Ministries undone

Bad publicity brings Mercy Ministries undone
http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/200910/20091028-pm-6-mercy-ministries.mp3
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
MARK COLVIN: A controversial counselling centre linked to the evangelical Hillsong church says bad publicity has eroded its funding to the point where it’s now shutting down completely.
PM understands that the consumer watchdog the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) has been investigating Mercy Ministries. The reason: [...]

Bad PR forces Hillsong counselling closure

Bad PR forces Hillsong counselling closure
By Meredith Griffiths for PM
Posted Wed Oct 28, 2009

A controversial counselling centre linked to the evangelical Hillsong church says bad publicity has eroded its funding to the point where it is now shutting down completely.
The ABC understands that the consumer watchdog ACCC has been investigating Mercy Ministries, after media reports [...]

Mercy Ministries home to close

Mercy Ministries home to close

RUTH POLLARD INVESTIGATIONS EDITOR
October 28, 2009

ALLEGATIONS of widespread abuse at Mercy Ministries group homes appear finally to have caught up with the fundamentalist Christian group, which has announced it will close its Sydney home on October 31, citing ”extreme financial challenges and a steady drop in our support base”.
”We are no [...]

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