Comments on: Mercy Ministries closes

By: K

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:02:04 +0000

Last we heard, the professional bodies couldn’t do a thing because unless a person is qualified and registered with the professional body, they have no juristiction over them. And of course most of the staff who did these things were not qualified or registered in any way.

I thought it should be illegal to claim you’re a psychologist, counsellor or social worker when you’re not.

By: David Skidmore

David Skidmore — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:29:48 +0000

I probably should ask them directly but I would like to know what the professional bodies representing counsellors, psychologists and social workers are doing about these quacks.

Charlatans like Brian Houston are not only anti-gay bigots but also could be in breach of ethical standards and legal requirements governing the professions they are violating.

By: Sean the Blogonaut

Sean the Blogonaut — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:13:55 +0000

I am attempting to follow are rather nebulous lead that suggests that they will be opening up under another name in about 18 months time. Keeps your ears open for Margaret Stunt, the last Mercy Director shortly before the Houston announcement she allegedly intimated to girls attending her course that the centre would open under another name.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:05:43 +0000

The head of Gorlia Jean’s Australia is on the board of Hillsong Church and they also ran Mercy Ministries.

My question is, how many Caffe Lattes led to someone in our community killing themselves due to the hate and violence, Hillsong has promoted calling us an Abomination and a Cancer.

I am not letting Gloria Jeans off the hook. How could they prey on young girls in crisis. It is just disgusting to me. We are yet to see an apology from Gloria Jeans and until we do, we should all take our pink dollars else where, and tell our friends, family, and others not to go to Gloria Jeans.

By: Brendan of Wollongong NSW

Brendan of Wollongong NSW — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:48:08 +0000

“Immediate” action, “Pastor” Houston?

When the stench of the torturous “Mercy Ministries” and the cries of outrage against them first permeated your gilded ivory tower and your comfortable insulated existence, how long before you really took action? And being a grotesque high priest of “prosperity theology”, how much of your decision was based on face-saving or monetary rather than humanitarian concerns?

The unpleasant stories have been known about “Mercy Ministries for some time. What took you so long? Is it the case that the sheer indefensible hypocrisy of it all was such that not even a self-preserving minister of greed like you could ignore it any longer?

Lest we forget:

Hillsong – the church with no answers (2007)
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/hillsong–the-church-with-no-answers/2007/08/03/1185648145760.html

Hillsong farewells a lost sheep pioneer (2004)
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Hillsong-farewells-a-lost-sheep-pioneer/2004/11/12/1100227581958.html

By: K

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:37:37 +0000

Thank God they’ve closed. This place wasn’t even really Christian, the staff treated us really badly and they lied about the kind of “services” they provided. They believed exorcism was all you needed to “rid” yourself of the “demons.” They weren’t even qualified counselors!

The Sunshine Coast home closed last year for the same reasons (mistreating residents.)

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:37:15 +0000

I don’t think we have seen the end of them, I suspect they will probably open up under another name in a few months if they have not already done so.