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

The Hillsong founder tells a court he had "free will" to report historical abuse to police, but respected the wishes of the victim.

ABC News · Dec 20, 2022

Houston grilled whether dad deserved jail

Hillsong founder Brian Houston has faced questions about whether he thought his father should have gone to jail for sexually abusing an underage boy.

AAP · Dec 20, 2022

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

Hillsong founder Brian Houston tells a court the responses to abuse allegations made against his father were "not all they should have been".

ABC News · Dec 19, 2022

Houston's urgent abuse meeting kept secret

Pentecostal church network executives agreed to keep an urgent meeting discussing Frank Houston's pedophilia a secret, a NSW court has been told.

AAP · Dec 9, 2022

Hillsong manager tells court it was 'appropriate' for Frank Houston to receive retirement package

A Sydney court hears the national executive of the Australian Assemblies of God removed self-confessed paedophile Frank Houston from the payroll but agreed to pay him and his wife a financial retirement package.

ABC News · Dec 8, 2022

Houston 'shocked' by abuse report, twice

Hillsong founder Brian Houston was "shocked" by an allegation his father committed child sexual abuse both times he was told about it, a court has heard

AAP · Dec 7, 2022

Brian Houston's father continued to preach after admitting to child sexual abuse, court hears

A Sydney pastor tells a court Frank Houston, the father of Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston, was still giving sermons after he was supposedly stood down after admitting to sexually abusing a child.

ABC News · Dec 7, 2022

Afternoon Update: US and Australia deepen defence ties; Democrats win Georgia runoff; and a lonely book launch

The US will increase rotations of its air, land and sea forces to Australia

The Guardian - AU · Dec 7, 2022

Brian Houston was told father would ‘surely be incarcerated’ if rape of boy went to court, trial hears

Victim’s great-aunt tells court Hillsong founder spoke to lawyer about father’s crime but it was not reported to police

The Guardian - AU · Dec 7, 2022

Confusion over whether to report Houston

Hillsong's general manager told his boss Brian Houston about an allegation of sexual abuse against his father, but did not feel he had to report it to police.

AAP · Dec 6, 2022