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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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 [...]

Exorcism books revealed

Ruth Pollard of the Sydney Morning Herald has written an article about the books Mercy Ministries staff used to perform exorcisms on the young women in the program.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/01/16/1231608986802.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
Time to have mercy on the broken of mind and spirit
January 17th, 2009
“Ever wondered how to exorcise a demon? There’s a handy publication that guides the uninitiated, with subheadings such as “doing [...]

Mercy Ministries, exorcisms and ex-gay treatment report by The Freethinker

The Freethinker has published an article covering the situation at Mercy Ministries.
Click here to read it.

Mercy Ministries exorcism books

Exclusive: Mercy Ministries exorcism books leaked
Handbooks allegedly used to perform exorcisms on sick girls at the controversial Mercy Ministries residences in Sydney and on the Sunshine Coast have been leaked to LIVENEWS.com.au.
Mercy Ministries, which is bankrolled by the Pentecostal Hillsong Church, has previously denied performing exorcisms on residents.
The documents, obtained clandestinely by a girl who [...]

Exorcism in the suburbs

Live News journalist Tim Brunero has written an opinion article.
Click here to read it.
Hillsong: Exorcicsm in the Suburbs
Tim Brunero
Mercy Ministries kept saying there were no exorcisms.
The Hillsong backed group seemed prepared to cop the charge that they forced sick girls in their Mercy Ministries residential program to sign over their Centrelink payments.
They seemed comfortable admitting [...]

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