AUSTRALIA
ABC News
by Nicole Chettle
Updated 8 Oct 2014
The head of the Hillsong Church says his heart breaks for the victims of child abuse perpetrated by his father, the late preacher Frank Houston.
Senior Pastor Brian Houston spoke outside a Sydney hearing of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
The commission is examining the handling of allegations against Brian Houston’s father William Francis Houston, better known as Frank.
It has heard Frank Houston admitted to the abuse, which took place in Australia and New Zealand several decades ago.
“They’re true allegations, mainly, and so it’s painful,” he said.
“It’s been painful for 15 years.
“But you know I also understand my pain’s nothing compared to someone who been molested or sexually abused by a paedophile, by a predator.”
Brian Houston again refuted claims, heard before the royal commission yesterday, that he told an abuse victim they were to blame for “tempting” his father.
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