EDIT 10/12/2015: Royal Commission’s report – The Royal Commission Report on Houston, CLC/Hillsong & the AOG/ACC
The ‘Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse‘ in 2014 investigated Hills/Sydney Christian Life Centre (renamed to Hillsong) and the Australian Assemblies of God (renamed to Australian Christian Churches) for potentially covering up paedophilia.
How Brian Houston/AOG management handled his father’s child sex abuse allegations is under scrutiny by the Royal Commission
The Royal Commission (RC) launched their investigations (Case Study 18) at the beginning of October, 2014, exposing conflicts of interest, shortcomings and mismanagement by the AOG/ACC executive and its then President, Brian Houston, when handling the Frank Houston child sex abuse allegations.
This is a resource to help people grasp some of the complications of the RC’s investigation. This article provides ‘fact files’ and articles we have covered so far to make this case easier to understand.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse – Case Study 18: a public hearing concerned with the institutional response to child sexual abuse of the Australian Christian Churches (ACC) and its affiliated churches.
1. Links to Transcripts & Evidence/Exhibits for Case 18 in relation to fact files.
– Transcripts for Case Study 18, October 2014, Sydney
– Exhibits for Case Study 18, October 2014, Sydney
FACT FILES & ARTICLES
Click the Fact File to see the bigger picture.
Royal Commission 01: The Submission – AOG/ACC & Hillsong Exposed
Royal Commission 01.1: The Administration AOG Manual – Excerpt
Royal Commission 02: Submission Findings – Problems with AOG/ACC & Brian Houston’s Management
Royal Commission 03: Review of Letter From AOG to All Ministers – Damage Control