AUSTRALIA
Daily Mail
‘It’s obvious he was a paedophile and that his behaviour was repetitive’: Hillsong’s Brian Houston believes his father sexually abused victims over a decade… and he fears there could be more
By EMILY CRANE and DANIEL PIOTROWSKI and LILLIAN RADULOVA FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA
The son of Hillsong founder Frank Houston says it is obvious his father was a paedophile as he admits to not knowing how many victims the church leader allegedly sexually abused.
Brian Houston gave his first sermon at Hillsong on Sunday since testifying about his father’s sexual abuse last week at a Royal Commission, amid claims he tried to cover up his dad’s alleged paedophilia when he was first informed.
‘At that time I thought there was one (victim) and then 12 months later it became clear there were many more, mostly in New Zealand,’ Mr Houston told Today.
‘It’s obvious he was a paedophile and that his behaviour was repetitive and it seems like it was over a period of a decade in the late sixties and seventies.’
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