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<blockquote data-quote="tigercub" data-source="post: 48092412" data-attributes="member: 148203"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><span style="color: Black">Hillsong Church, Gloria Jeans linked to abuse claims</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black">Mental illness sufferers attending Mercy Ministries</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black">Treated with Bible studies and exorcisms</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black">Ministry linked to Hillsong Church and Gloria Jean's</span></span></li> </ul><p> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black">YOUNG women suffering mental illness were treated with Bible studies and exorcisms as part of a secretive ministry linked to Gloria Jean's Coffees and the Hillsong Church.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black">Troubled young women signed over months of their lives to Mercy Ministries, which offered them little or no medical or psychiatric care, <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/they-sought-help-but-got-exorcism-and-the-bible/2008/03/16/1205602195048.html" target="_blank">the <em>Sydney Morning Herald</em></a> investigation found. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black">Three former ministry residents have blown the whistle on the program, claiming they were independent young women when they entered, but came out broken and suicidal, believing - as ministry staff had told them - that they were possessed by demons and that Satan controlled them. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black">The women have since been forced to undergo years of intense psychological and psychiatric care to overcome their treatment at the ministry. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black">Membership at the ministry required residents to sign over any Centrelink benefits, and it is believed the group also received a carers payment to look after the women, the <em>Herald</em> reported. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black">The Mercy Ministries website says the group takes in women aged 16 to 28 and offers them support from "psychologists, general practitioners, dietitians, social workers, (and) career counsellors''. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black">However, the three residents who have spoken out about the ministry said no professional medical services were provided, and instead the program focused on prayer, Christian counselling and expelling demons from in and around the young women. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black">"Mercy Ministries staff address the issues that the residents face from a holistic client-focused approach; physical, mental, emotional. The program is voluntary and all aspects are explained comprehensibly to the residents and no force is used,'' ministry executive manager of programs Judy Watson told the <em>Herald.</em> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black">Mercy Ministries, sponsored by Gloria Jean's and supported by the Hillsong Foundation, says it has a 90 per cent success rate from its programs.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: Purple"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">That's it. Just interested in people's thoughts on the matter. <a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23387558-2,00.html" target="_blank">Here</a> is a link to the original article, and the <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/they-sought-help-but-got-exorcism-and-the-bible/2008/03/16/1205602195048.html" target="_blank">SMH investigation</a>. Also <a href="http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/08/01/ShineGirl_Hillsong_at_it_again" target="_blank">this </a>article was posted a few months later, mentioning the one I quoted. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: Purple"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: Purple"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Edited to add; <a href="http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/07/18/How_to_cure_anorexia_with_exorcisms_101" target="_blank">Here</a> and <a href="http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/03/17/Hillsong_Gloria_Jeans_accused_of_creating_mental_illness" target="_blank">here</a> are two more articles, similar to the one I quoted (from different sources) the first is titled <em>'How to Cure Anorexia With Exorcisms' </em>and <a href="http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/03/17/Hillsong_A_Cult_or_just_plain_kooky" target="_blank">here</a> is one from a girl who experienced Hillsong's version of 'help' during her HSC.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: Purple"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span> </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tigercub, post: 48092412, member: 148203"] [CENTER][FONT=Arial Black][SIZE=5][B][COLOR=Black]Hillsong Church, Gloria Jeans linked to abuse claims[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [/CENTER] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=Black] [/COLOR][/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=Black]Mental illness sufferers attending Mercy Ministries[/COLOR][/FONT] [*][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=Black]Treated with Bible studies and exorcisms[/COLOR][/FONT] [*][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=Black]Ministry linked to Hillsong Church and Gloria Jean's[/COLOR][/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=Black]YOUNG women suffering mental illness were treated with Bible studies and exorcisms as part of a secretive ministry linked to Gloria Jean's Coffees and the Hillsong Church.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=Black]Troubled young women signed over months of their lives to Mercy Ministries, which offered them little or no medical or psychiatric care, [URL="http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/they-sought-help-but-got-exorcism-and-the-bible/2008/03/16/1205602195048.html"]the [I]Sydney Morning Herald[/I][/URL] investigation found. Three former ministry residents have blown the whistle on the program, claiming they were independent young women when they entered, but came out broken and suicidal, believing - as ministry staff had told them - that they were possessed by demons and that Satan controlled them. The women have since been forced to undergo years of intense psychological and psychiatric care to overcome their treatment at the ministry. Membership at the ministry required residents to sign over any Centrelink benefits, and it is believed the group also received a carers payment to look after the women, the [I]Herald[/I] reported. The Mercy Ministries website says the group takes in women aged 16 to 28 and offers them support from "psychologists, general practitioners, dietitians, social workers, (and) career counsellors''. However, the three residents who have spoken out about the ministry said no professional medical services were provided, and instead the program focused on prayer, Christian counselling and expelling demons from in and around the young women. "Mercy Ministries staff address the issues that the residents face from a holistic client-focused approach; physical, mental, emotional. The program is voluntary and all aspects are explained comprehensibly to the residents and no force is used,'' ministry executive manager of programs Judy Watson told the [I]Herald.[/I] Mercy Ministries, sponsored by Gloria Jean's and supported by the Hillsong Foundation, says it has a 90 per cent success rate from its programs.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=Black][COLOR=Purple][FONT=Arial]That's it. Just interested in people's thoughts on the matter. [URL="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23387558-2,00.html"]Here[/URL] is a link to the original article, and the [URL="http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/they-sought-help-but-got-exorcism-and-the-bible/2008/03/16/1205602195048.html"]SMH investigation[/URL]. Also [URL="http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/08/01/ShineGirl_Hillsong_at_it_again"]this [/URL]article was posted a few months later, mentioning the one I quoted. Edited to add; [URL="http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/07/18/How_to_cure_anorexia_with_exorcisms_101"]Here[/URL] and [URL="http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/03/17/Hillsong_Gloria_Jeans_accused_of_creating_mental_illness"]here[/URL] are two more articles, similar to the one I quoted (from different sources) the first is titled [I]'How to Cure Anorexia With Exorcisms' [/I]and [URL="http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/03/17/Hillsong_A_Cult_or_just_plain_kooky"]here[/URL] is one from a girl who experienced Hillsong's version of 'help' during her HSC. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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