NEW YORK (NY)
The Guardian
November 19, 2018
By Naaman Zhou
Brett Sengstock waives anonymity to accuse Hillsong founder of failing victims by not reporting pastor Frank Houston to police
The victim of a paedophile pastor has accused the man’s son, Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston, of not doing enough to expose his father’s crimes.
Brett Sengstock waived his anonymity as he told Channel Nine’s 60 Minutes program on Sunday night he was sexually abused by Frank Houston, the influential leader of the Pentecostal denomination Assemblies of God in the 1960s and 70s.
Sengstock had previously testified before the royal commission into child sexual abuse in 2013, under the pseudonym AHA.
But he told 60 Minutes he wanted to publicly ask Houston’s son Brian why he did not report his father to the police, despite knowing of his abuse since 1999.
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