Brian Houston directly refuted the evidence of Brett Sengstock the victim of his father Frank Houston’s pedophilia under cross examination today. “You accused him [Sengstock] of tempting your father?” Crown Prosecutor Gareth Harrison asked Brian Houston speaking of a phone… Continue Reading
Day 11 of the Houston trial. “If life could be played twice, would you do the same thing again?” defence barrister Phillip Bouten SC asked Brian Houston on trial for not reporting his father Frank Houston’s crimes to the police.… Continue Reading
Day 10 of the Houston Trial Beginning the defence case, Brian Houston went into the witness box and after a short history of the Hillsong church, defence counsel Phillip Boulten SC took him through the “dark days” after he discovered… Continue Reading
It may have been the first time that a person speaking in tongues had been quoted in an NSW Court. Quoting the tongues speaking by Frank Houston during his 2004 sermon in Maitland Christian Church, Crown Prosecutor Gareth Harrison questioned… Continue Reading
It was a cruel day in court as the three-week trial of Brian Houston on charges of failing to report the pedophile crimes of his father frank Houston to police, arrived at its halfway mark. In a short morning session,… Continue Reading
It was a devastating afternoon for former pastor John McMartin, a major part of whose evidence at the hearing into Brian Houston, on trial for failing to report the crimes of his father Frank, has been shown to be false.… Continue Reading
The mysterious documents subpoenaed from John McMartin’s Inspire Church were at the centre of the Brian Houston hearing today. The trial of Brian Houston the founder of Hillsong church has entered its second week of hearings. Witness John McMartin, formerly… Continue Reading
Pastor John McMartin destroyed notes he had taken of his dealings with Frank Houston as the allegations of his child sexual abuse first came to light. McMartin testified that as he prepared his statement for the Royal Commission in 2014… Continue Reading
The prosecution will seek to demonstrate that there was a deliberate cover-up by the church of Frank Houston’s pedophilia. Frank Houston’s son, Brian Houston the founder of Hillsong church is on trial charged with failing to report his father’s sexual… Continue Reading
The abuse victim of pedophile Frank Houston, Brett Sengstock spent most of day two of the Brian Houston trial facing questions about his memory of key events about the disclosure of his ordeal. Brian Houston is on trial for failure… Continue Reading