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 [...]

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 [...]

Deconverts Reports

“Earlier tonight I received a comment on one of our earlier articles readers which covers the abuse of women in the Hillsong-supported “Mercy Ministries” programme that one of the videos we linked to has been removed from YouTube in an apparant attempt to censor the voice of abused women, unhappy with their treatment at Mercy [...]

Mercy Ministries Ex Resident is Interviewed

“Sarah”, who spent eight months in one of the Australian Mercy Ministries homes, recently spoke with G’Day World’s Cameron Reilly. She recounts some of her experiences such as being denied prescribed medication, being manipulated and disciplined, being forced to have cold showers and having her welfare benefits (Centrelink) signed over to Mercy Ministries.
All seven parts [...]

Australian Today Tonight Report Featuring Rhiannon

Australian television program Today Tonight featured a story on Mercy Ministries on March 17th 2008.

An excerpt from a letter recieved from television program Today Tonight on March 20th 2008:
In the days since Today Tonight did a story on Mercy Ministries, we have been inundated with responses, so much so it’s raised serious questions about the [...]