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Hillsong Founder Brian Houston Declares His Church "As Safe As It Can Possibly Be" at Royal Commission

By Rachel Browne
Sydney Morning Herald
March 23, 2017

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/hillsong-founder-brian-houston-declares-his-church-as-safe-as-it-can-possibly-be-at-royal-commission-20170323-gv5dp8.html

The multimillion-dollar Hillsong Church does not have a policy of offering financial compensation to people who have allegedly suffered child sexual abuse within the organisation, a royal commission has heard.

Founder and senior pastor of the global church, Brian Houston, returned to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse on Friday to show how safety procedures have improved since he first gave evidence to the inquiry in 2014.

The commission heard Hillsong had adopted robust policies that cover improved training and screening of staff, complaints handling and response to alleged victims.

Hillsong has no financial redress policy but Mr Houston told the inquiry: "That doesn't mean that we're not open to it."

The church offers non-monetary support to alleged victims such as counselling and psychological care, the inquiry heard.

 

 

 

 

 




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