Hillsong founder Brian Houston loses legal costs bid after being cleared of allegedly concealing child abuse
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6KHG2)
Magistrate refuses application for costs after 70-year-old cleared of serious indictable offence over not reporting his father's abuse to police
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The Hillsong founder Brian Houston has failed in a bid to have his legal costs covered after unsuccessfully being prosecuted for allegedly covering up his late father's child abuse.
The 70-year-old was cleared in August of concealing a serious indictable offence for not reporting his father Frank Houston's abuse of Brett Sengstock to police.
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