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The Untold Tale Behind Mercy Ministries' Prescription for Recoverynew

Some young women claim Mercy turned them from merely damaged to suicidal. Entrusting their recovery to untrained counselors barely out of Bible college, the Mercy girls said that exorcisms and speaking in tongues took the place of treatment, that expulsion was the punishment for peeing without permission, and that DVDs featuring the testimony of former gays were peddled as a cure for lesbianism.
Nashville Scene  |  Caleb Hannan  |  10-03-2008  |  Religion

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