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Brian Houston, the charismatic leader of Hillsong Church in Australia, should have reported his father to police for child sex abuse offences, a royal commission has found.
And, as national president of the Assemblies of God in Australia in 2000, the charismatic preacher had a perceived conflict of interest when involved in handling abuse allegations against his father Frank Houston, who had confessed to being a child molester.
The commission report handed down on Friday follows a public hearing last year, which examined the response of Assemblies of God affiliates – Hillsong Church in NSW, Northside Christian College in Victoria and the Sunshine Coast Church in Queensland – to allegations of child sexual abuse.
The Australian branch of the World Assemblies of God – the largest pentecostal denomination in the world – is now known as Australian Christian Churches.
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