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Brian Houston tells court it is 'absurd' to suggest he blamed victim for father's abuse

Hillsong founder Brian Houston has told a Sydney court it is "absurd" to suggest he would claim a man had "tempted" his paedophile father into abusing him as a child.

Mr Houston has pleaded not guilty to concealing his late father, Frank Houston's, abuse of a seven-year-old boy in the 1970s.

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