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Hillsong leader Brian Houston has spoken of the moment he confronted his pedophile father over sexual abuse allegations.
Speaking with Karl Stefanovic on TODAY this morning, he also said his congregation had offered him incredible support after he faced the Royal Commission inquiry last week.
Mr Houston’s father Frank, a Hillsong pastor himself, admitted abusing children in the 1970s to his son in 1999.
Frank Houston died in 2004.
“I confronted my father – [it was] the worst day of my life,” Mr Houston said.
“The shock of finding out was just horrendous.
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