AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
October 9, 2014
Rachel Browne
Social Affairs Reporter
The founder of Hillsong Church, Brian Houston, said he knew paedophilia amounted to criminal conduct but did not contact police when he was informed of allegations that his father, Frank Houston, molested a young boy, a royal commission has heard.
Giving evidence before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Brian Houston told of his horror at hearing the sexual abuse claims.
The general manager of Hillsong, George Aghajanian, told him in a meeting in October 1999 that Frank Houston had been accused of abusing a young boy.
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