AUSTRALIA
Daily Mail
By Liam Quinn For Daily Mail Australia and AAP
Brian Houston, leader of Hillsong Church in Australia, should have reported his father to police for child sex abuse offences, a royal commission has found.
Findings released by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse on Monday said Pastor Houston, who is the national president of the Assemblies of God in Australia, was also influenced by a conflict of interest when dealing with the allegations against his father.
The royal commission said when allegations surfaced in 1999 against Frank Houston, his son should have stepped aside.
Frank Houston reportedly abused up to eight boys in Australia and New Zealand, according to the commission’s findings.
The report comes after a public hearing was held in October last year, and examined the response of the Hillsong Church in New South Wales as well as Assemblies of God churches and centres in Victoria and Queensland to allegations of child sexual abuse.
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