“Sarah Mac”, 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 [...]
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Interview with Mercy Survivor “Sarah Mac”
Posted in Gloria Jeans, Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries Australia, Press Coverage, Video, Radio, tagged Mercy Ministries, abuse, Gloria Jeans, hillsong, mental illness, nancy alcorn, peter irvine on October 31, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Mercy Ministries update: The PR battle moves to YouTube
Posted in Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries Australia, Mercy Ministries of America, Press Coverage, Video, tagged abuse, copyright, dmca, fair use, Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries Australia, Mercy Ministries of America, Video, youtube on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Caleb Hannan, journalist from the Nashville Scene, has written another item on Mercy Ministries with regard to their false DMCA claims on You Tube in an attempt to censor criticism of their organisation. Click here to view the article.
Mercy Ministries counseling and the casting out of demons
Posted in Gloria Jeans, Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries Australia, Press Coverage, Video, tagged abuse, Australian controversy, exorcism, Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries Australia, neglect on October 7, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Mercy Ministries advertise that they offer “professional support from psychologists, dieticians, general practitioners, social workers, counsellors and program staff who all contribute to provide daily education for the young women” in their care. They also claim that the program is “provided at no charge to the young women.” Mercy Ministries promotional brochure obtained from a [...]
Interview with past resident of Mercy Ministries of America
Posted in Hillsong Church, Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries of America, Press Coverage, Radio, Video, tagged abuse, exorcism, exorcisms, Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries of America on August 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The original interview can be found here. The original You Tube links containing the interview were removed due to false DMCA claims made by Mercy Ministries. (Further information on this can be found here and here and here). Part 1 of 5 Interview with past resident of Mercy Ministries of America: Part 1 of 5 Part [...]
The Mercy girls
Posted in Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries Australia, Press Coverage, Video, tagged abuse, Australian controversy, exorcism, exorcisms, Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries Australia on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The original video which appeared here on You Tube was removed. With thanks to the Sydney Morning Herald and You Tube usernames ‘hillsongchurch’ and ‘butterflysarahmac’, this video now appears in its original form on the Sydney Morning Herald website here.
Australian Today Tonight report featuring Rhiannon
Posted in Gloria Jeans, Hillsong Church, Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries Australia, Press Coverage, Video, tagged abuse, Australian controversy, Australian scandal, exorcism, exorcisms, Marguerite McKinnon, Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries Australia, today tonight on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Australian television program Today Tonight featured a story on Mercy Ministries on 17 March 2008. An excerpt from a letter received from television program Today Tonight on 20 March 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 [...]
