Son was upholding wishes of victim not to have matter pursued by ‘secular authorities’ when he failed to report offending to police, lawyer says
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Brian Houston never attempted to “cover up” his father’s paedophilia, instead immediately reporting his father’s confession to church leaders and banning him from preaching, Houston’s lawyer has told a Sydney court.
And by not reporting his father’s offending to police, Brian Houston was upholding the express wishes of his father’s victim who was repeatedly raped as a boy by Frank Houston, but did not want the matter pursued by “secular authorities”.
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