Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston has been charged by NSW Police over allegedly concealing child sex offences committed by his father against a young boy in the 1970s.
Mr Houston, credited by Prime Minister Scott Morrison in his first speech to Parliament as a key spiritual mentor, has since 2019 been the subject of a police investigation into what he knew about abuse by his father.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com