Brian Houston was charged over failing to report his father’s abuse of a boy to police.
Frank Houston confessed and was defrocked in late 1999.
Houston argued he did not report his father’s abuse to police because he did not believe Sengstock wanted that to happen.Magistrate Gareth Christofi found Houston not guilty on Thursday in the“Victims of sexual abuse ought to feel safe to confide in others without being concerned they are exposing those others to a criminal offence,” Christofi said.
But Christofi said regardless of what Sengstock told Houston, the Hillsong leader had been told of the abuse survivor’s attitude by others.
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