Mercy Ministries is a free of charge, faith based residential home that has been racking up a growing number of detractors in recent years for their harmful, sometimes outright abusive, treatment of the young girls and young women in their care. The ages range from 13 to 28 (16 to 28 in some of the international homes), and Mercy specifically targets emotionally troubled, at-risk women.
This is an account from a former Mercy resident, with a link to her petition at the top (the petition itself has more information about Mercy, and is worth reading).
The Devil and Mercy Ministries: A Conversation With Chelsea Darhower
It saddens and frustrates me that this organization has been able to continue on like this for so long with no accountability, even as former residents have reached out to their Attorney Generals and even to various news outlets and tried to get MM investigated.
Over the past couple years I’ve seen first hand how appallingly poor the protection is for victims of mental health malpractice, and how the governing boards who are supposed to provide oversight allow clearly deranged people to remain licensed and continue practicing mental health care. Take Neil Brick, for example, a licensed, currently practicing Mental Health Counselor who believes he was tortured by the Illuminati as part of his training to become an Illuminati Super-Assassin (at least one complaint has been filed against him), or Ellen Lacter, a licensed, practicing psychotherapist who believes one should “pray a perimeter of protection” around themselves to protect themselves from “Witchcraft Ritual Abuse”.
Even so, as pathetic as the oversight is for licensed mental health facilities and licensed MH caregivers, there are at least some standards they must meet, and at least the possibility of recourse if a client comes to harm. Mercy Ministries residents lack even this basic protection, because Mercy is listed as a charity, not a mental health facility. That hasn’t stopped the founder and president, Nancy Alcorn, from implying or saying outright that they are licensed to provide this kind of care, although some widespread scrutiny over the past few years finally led her to stop making such claims in print ads and on their website.
Mercy Ministries has big corporate sponsors, and Nancy Alcorn is friendly with state senators and governors in the states where MM has homes. That has probably gone a long way toward keeping them operational and out of scrutiny, but I really hope this place gets widespread exposure and is shut down soon.