AUSTRALIA
SBS
By Manny Tsigas
7 OCT 2014
Known for its rock’n’roll style of worship, Hillsong has transformed the image of Christianity. Its music has had number one hits in Australia and made the charts in the United States.
Allegations against one of the men who helped create the church that is now known as Hillsong were raised in the royal commission today.
It heard from a man who claims to have been abused by Pastor Frank Houston, a charismatic preacher who died in 2004.
His son, Brian Houston, a founder of Hillsong, who is also due to appear, was accused today of telling his father’s alleged victim that the abuse he suffered was his own fault.
The victim, who can only be identified as AHA, told the hearing Brian Houston said to him during a phone conversation about the alleged abuse by Frank Houston: “Yes, okay, I’ll get the money to you. There’s no problem. You know, it’s your fault all this happened. You tempted my father.”
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