Hillsong’s Brian Houston allegedly told victim who had been raped by his father ‘it’s your fault’

Pentecostal church founder denies the comment and has pleaded not guilty to concealing sexual abuse by his father Frank, who confessed to police in 1999

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Hillsong church founder Pastor Brian Houston allegedly told a man who had been repeatedly raped as a child by Houston's father you know this is all your fault, you tempted my father", Sydney's Downing Centre local court heard on Monday.

The man who was sexually assaulted by Pastor Frank Houston as a child said he was pressured by the church not to report it to the secular courts" and told he would be abandoned by the church if he reported his assault to police.