Justin Bieber canceled his world tour in July — but even more shockingly, an insider has claimed the “Baby” singer now plans to start his own branch of a church linked to a pedophile and accused of being a cult!
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Justin Bieber canceled his world tour in July — but even more shockingly, an insider has claimed the “Baby” singer now plans to start his own branch of a church linked to a pedophile and accused of being a cult!
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Frank Houston, the late father of Hillsong Church co-founder Brian Houston, confessed to his son in 1999 he’d molested a seven-year-old boy in Australia over two years, beginning in 1969. Brian never reported the abuse to police and only suspended his pedophile dad, who was working for a church that merged with Hillsong in the ’90s — and then gifted him a generous retirement package!
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The victim claimed Frank came into his room “nearly every night of the week,” while staying at the victim’s family home during a visit to Sydney. Brian later paid a $10,000 settlement to the victim, but also told him, “It’s your fault all this happened — you tempted my father.” Frank was accused of sex abuse eight more times before dying of a stroke in 2004, but none of the sickening assaults were reported to the authorities at the time they occurred.
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An Australian commission investigated the stomach-churning allegations against the elder Houston in 2015 and found Brian had failed to report his father’s heinous acts. While Hillsong has denied it’s a cult, detractors have often drawn the sinister comparison, noting “its focus on charismatic preachers, song-based performances,” and pushy demands for cash.
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Justin Bieber canceled his world tour in July — but even more shockingly, an insider has claimed the “Baby” singer now plans to start his own branch of a church linked to a pedophile and accused of being a cult!
Photo credit: Getty Images/Files
Photo credit: Getty Images
Frank Houston, the late father of Hillsong Church co-founder Brian Houston, confessed to his son in 1999 he’d molested a seven-year-old boy in Australia over two years, beginning in 1969. Brian never reported the abuse to police and only suspended his pedophile dad, who was working for a church that merged with Hillsong in the ’90s — and then gifted him a generous retirement package!
The victim claimed Frank came into his room “nearly every night of the week,” while staying at the victim’s family home during a visit to Sydney. Brian later paid a $10,000 settlement to the victim, but also told him, “It’s your fault all this happened — you tempted my father.” Frank was accused of sex abuse eight more times before dying of a stroke in 2004, but none of the sickening assaults were reported to the authorities at the time they occurred.
An Australian commission investigated the stomach-churning allegations against the elder Houston in 2015 and found Brian had failed to report his father’s heinous acts. While Hillsong has denied it’s a cult, detractors have often drawn the sinister comparison, noting “its focus on charismatic preachers, song-based performances,” and pushy demands for cash.
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