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Hillsong founder denied payout over failed abuse case

The ex-leader of Pentecostal mega-church Hillsong will not have his legal costs paid despite prosecutors failing to prove he concealed his father's abuse.

AAP · Mar 21, 2024

Hillsong Church founder found not guilty of concealing his father's child sex crimes

Brian Houston was ruled not guilty Thursday of an Australian charge of concealing his father's child sex crimes. He resigned from his church roles after being charged two years ago.

WEKU · Aug 17, 2023

Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston found not guilty of concealing his father's child sex crimes

Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston has been ruled not guilty of an Australian charge of concealing his father’s child sex crimes

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023

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Hillsong founder Brian Houston acquitted of covering up his father Frank’s abuse of a young boy

Houston pleaded not guilty and stood trial for not reporting to police his father Frank’s confession to repeatedly sexually assaulting and raping a young boy

The Guardian - AU · Aug 17, 2023

Hillsong abuse response 'mischaracterised as cover-up'

Hillsong founder Brian Houston's actions after learning his father was a pedophile have been speculatively mischaracterised as a cover-up, his barrister says.

AAP · Jun 16, 2023

Hillsong’s Brian Houston never attempted to ‘cover up’ father’s crimes, court told

Son was upholding wishes of victim not to have matter pursued by ‘secular authorities’ when he failed to report offending to police, lawyer says

The Guardian - AU · Jun 16, 2023

Houston covered up abuse amid culture of silence: Crown

Prosecutors say Brian Houston took advantage of a culture of silence in the church that revered his father to ensure child abuse was not reported to police.

The New Daily · Jun 15, 2023

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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

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

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.

ABC News · Dec 16, 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

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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

AAP · Dec 6, 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.

The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2022

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

ABC News · Dec 6, 2022

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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ABC News · Dec 5, 2022

'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.

The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2022

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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