Mercy Graduate writes in a comment here
I am a Mercy graduate from the Nashville home. I am astonished at what I am reading regarding the facitlity in Australia. I'm not certain what is going on, but I am sure that Nancy will handle this correctly.
...To address a few issues about the rules- it is a Christian facility. Many of these young women have been living a very difficult life and their existence if desperate. In order to combat their "issues"(ie: eating disorders, prostitution, sexual abuse struggle, unwanted pregnancy,etc...) they NEED STRUCTURE. The "modest" attire is merely to keep some civility-you can't run around in underwear around the facility as there are guests, etc....that could come in to visit at a given time.
I've never heard of an exorcism-but I think the writer is referring to part of the therapy called "sins of the fathers"(which is a biblical term) and the counselors prayed with me to be purified and begin a new life-without my past sins....
So, please don't take a few unhappy opinions on the program and certainly don't label the entire ministry as a cult!
I am glad you are astonished at what is occurring at the Australian facilities. I don't have the faith that you do in the great and powerful Nancy to rectify the problem. I think it more likely that Nancy will do what ever it takes to protect her empire...I mean ensure that she continues to provide the best client focused service she can.
Mercy to date have:
- Lied on national television
- Attempted to discredit complainants
- Offered to talk to complainants but only on Mercy's terms
They are not interested in rectifying a problem, indeed there number one priority is to get the story out of the headlines and smooth over issues.
On Mercy being a christian facility...whoa !! I never would have guessed. There is a difference between structure and pedantic,condescending and authoritarian rules. I just love Mercy's one solution fits all problems approach. Got bulimia - just pray. Been sexually abused - just pray. Got a baby on the way- just pray.
As to modest attire - yes I can imagine these women must want to run around in their knickers all the time, flashing their privates and trying to turn the staff into Lesbians. I am sure Mercies idea of modest varies significantly from the general population. Controlling what people wear is controlling the expression of that person.
You have never heard of an exorcism - well then it musn't be true. Did you think that maybe your experience might have been different from others. What problems were you in for? Maybe this determined your treatment or the lengths that the staff would go to.
Interestingly you do admit that you underwent "Sins of the Fathers" Therapy which is noted as part of deliverance ministry, which is renowned for its exorcisms.
Please don't take a few happy opinions....
There are somewhere in the vicinity of 12-15 girls who have made contact. Comparing this to Mercy Australia's figure of 90 clients that's 14-16.6% of your clients not just a few bad apples trying to ruin the strudel.
I will label Mercy any way I want. They use treatments that are biblically based, they promote a very narrow version of christianity. If it walks, talks and smells like a cult well...
I suggest that you maybe open your eyes a little, if you can break the conditioning they indoctrinated you with.
Mercy have to get their house in order which means addressing the issue not trying to bury it like you seem to suggest.
You see everything is slanted in Mercies favour. You have women who are depressed, victims of abuse, who have been cast aside by Mercy. That this many women have come forward leads me to believe that this is just the tip of the iceberg. There are women out there who a simply not strong enough to come forward.
HOW DARE YOU!
suggest trying to silence these women.
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The blind faith that leads you to believe that the Reverend Sun Yung Moon or George W. Bush or The Almighty Nancy Alcorn is evidence of the dangerous thinking behind cult leader worship. One leader, manager, CEO, Pope cannot be trusted with ALL, but the sheep are always necessary to get them to that place.
I'm sure Nancy will handle this as she has always handled this and sweep it under the ever bulging carpet.
The Amityville Mercy Ministries House Horror has only just started. Hold on tight to your seats. There is so much more to be seen.
"I've never heard of an exorcism-but I think the writer is referring to part of the therapy called "sins of the fathers"(which is a biblical term) and the counselors prayed with me to be purified and begin a new life-without my past sins...."
Am I the only one who thinks that sounds a little scary anyway? I would question why there were multiple "counselors" and what the praying consisted of.
Crazy religionites scare the crap out of me. Anyone whose mind is so easily swayed scares the crap out of me. Thanks for keeping this updated Sean!
AF
We had to be prayed for for the 'Sins of the Fathers' section of the counselling too. But that was totally different to the exorcism.
Mercy believed that if you are suffering from mental illness, then it is probable that one of your ancestors way back when may have caused a curse on their relatives for X amount of generations. So they have a counselling section about breaking curses caused by your ancestors.
But the exorcism was seperate to that, where they actually tried to cast demons out.
AF,
Yes to a person not indoctrinated in evangelical "woo" it does sound creepy.
I'd be baulking at the whole you are suffering from a curse thing let alone the cast out demons rubbish.
The former residents are talking about the "Demonic Oppression" stage of the program, not the "Sins of the Fathers" stage. The SotF stage comes early on, and the DO stage is much later on, nearly the last step. It is all part of the Restoring the Foundations "treatment" model practiced internationally at Mercy Ministries.
There are other Nashville graduates who can attest to this, and this is not something Nancy is unaware of because these stages are integral to the treatment program she created and oversees, and has witnessed in person on more than one occasion.
While I'm glad that this Nashville graduate was not traumatized by her stay there, what the others are saying is true.
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