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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.

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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.

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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".

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Houston calls dad a 'serial pedophile'

Hillsong founder Brian Houston has told a court he believes his father was a "serial pedophile" and that the extent of his crimes may never be known.

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Hillsong founder Brian Houston tells court father's abuse left him 'speechless'

Hillsong founder Brian Houston tells a Sydney court that he reported allegations of historical sexual abuse by his father to church executives.

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Brian Houston comment led to father's child abuse not being reported to police, court told

A Pentecostal church decided not to report child sex abuse by Frank Houston to police because his son, Hillsong founder Brian Houston, said the victim did not want to go to authorities, a court has heard.

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Houston 'vague' about abusing children

The former national secretary of the Pentecostal church network says pedophile pastor Frank Houston claimed he was "having some issues" when he abused boys.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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

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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

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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.

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Mother of man raped by preacher Frank Houston asked son not to reveal ‘sordid mess’, court hears

Hillsong church founder Brian Houston has pleaded not guilty to concealing sexual abuse by his father, who confessed to police in 1999

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Pastor tried to organise meeting so Frank Houston could seek 'forgiveness' from alleged victim, court told

Hillsong founder Brian Houston's court hearing is told a Sydney pastor tried to organise a meeting with Frank Houston and his alleged victim in the late 1990s.

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Court hears Houston not told to stay quiet

A witness in the case against Hillsong founder Brian Houston says he never told him not to disclose his father Frank Houston's abuse of a young boy to police.

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'I was paid for my silence': Court hears Hillsong founder Brian Houston's father gave money to alleged victim

A Sydney court hears Hillsong founder Brian Houston attempted to deal with sexual assault allegations against his father internally, rather than go to the police.

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Hillsong’s Brian Houston allegedly told victim who had been raped by his father ‘it’s your fault’

Pentecostal church founder denies the comment and has pleaded not guilty to concealing sexual abuse by his father Frank, who confessed to police in 1999

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Hillsong founder Brian Houston accused of sex abuse cover-up

Hillsong founder Brian Houston was not the only person who failed to report his father's sexual abuse of a child, his lawyer has told a court.

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Hillsong founder accused of abuse cover-up

Many people knew about Frank Houston's sexual abuse of a child and failed to report it to police, Hillsong founder Brian Houston's lawyer has told a NSW court.

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Afternoon Update: federal government condemns gas ‘greed’; hundreds evacuated in NSW; Twitter exodus

Ed Husic says industry is ‘tone deaf’ to appeals on energy prices. And Hillsong founder Brian Houston breaks silence

Newcastle Herald

Court hearing dates set for Hillsong founder Brian Houston

Three weeks have been set aside for a court hearing when former Hillsong pastor Brian Houston will fight allegations he concealed his father's sexual offences.

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Hillsong founder Brian Houston takes aim at church board in Facebook livestream

Hillsong founder Brian Houston takes aim at the church board, saying he was "squeezed out" as senior pastor after being charged with covering up his father's sexual abuse.

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