Pastor Phil Dooley, the current head of the popular church, Hillsong, has revealed that the founder, Brian Houston has committed “indiscretions” against two women.
Dooley, who took over leadership of the church from Houston in January, told staff about the incidents during a video conference on Friday, reports Daily Mail.
Pastor Dooley explained that the first of the two alleged incidents involved Mr Houston allegedly sending a female staff member an ‘inappropriate’ text message.
“It was along the line of ‘if I was with you, I’d like to give you a kiss and a cuddle or a hug’, words of that nature,” Pastor Dooley told the meeting. Hillsong said the incident took place a decade ago.
The woman was reportedly paid ‘a couple of months’ salary’ as compensation after she complained.
The second incident occurred during the church’s conference held at Qudos Bank Arena in 2019. Houston reportedly entered an unnamed woman’s hotel room.
However, there were no reports of any sexual encounter and the woman involved didn’t allege the same.
Houston stepped down from the leadership of the church in January over claims he covered up his father’s child sex abuse.
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