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Hillsong founder Brian Houston tells court his father was a 'serial paedophile'

Hillsong founder Brian Houston has told a Sydney court he believes his father was a "serial paedophile", and the responses to abuse allegations when they first came to light were not "all they should have been".

Mr Houston said, in hindsight, a public statement should have detailed why Frank Houston was stood down from the Assemblies of God church in 1999, instead of internal messaging about a retirement.

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