Megachurch Founder Resigns: “Inappropriate Behavior”

The Insider reports:

Brian Houston, the founder of the Australia-based Hillsong megachurch and also one of its pastors, has resigned following the church’s revelations that he behaved inappropriately with two women. “Pastor Brian Houston has resigned as Global Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church and the board has accepted his resignation,” said the church’s board.

The first incident in 2013 involved Houston sending inappropriate text messages to a staff member, which resulted in her resignation. “At the time, Pastor Brian was under the influence of sleeping tablets, upon which he had developed a dependence. He immediately apologized to the person,” the board wrote in its statement.

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Hillsong, the global megachurch, has apologized “unreservedly” to two women who accused its Australian founder, Brian Houston, of inappropriate behavior. https://t.co/SkqKRAkBCr

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 20, 2022

Things were always grim when no less than the TRUMP White House was the first to say “this one is too shonky to let through the doors.”
But now here is the latest . . .

Brian Houston resigns as Hillsong pastor https://t.co/QRRnihKp7P

— Peter FitzSimons (@Peter_Fitz) March 23, 2022

So it took allegations of inappropriate conduct for Brian Houston to resign from Hillsong. But being charged with covering up his father’s pedophilia was apparently something that he could keep his position over?

— Sarah Alice-Esque (@Sarah_Alice_X) March 23, 2022

Brian Houston’s recent “moral transgressions” are far from the first time Hillsong’s ex-leader has been mired in controversy.

Last year he pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he concealed child sexual abuse by his late father in the 1970s.https://t.co/FFhzH4bPkz

— Crikey (@crikey_news) March 23, 2022