Police allege Hillsong Church founder concealed child sex abuse

Brian Houston, founder of the Sydney-based global Hillsong Church (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

The founder of the Sydney-based global Hillsong Church, Brian Houston, has been charged with concealing child sex offences, police said on Thursday.

Detectives served Mr Houston’s lawyers on Thursday with a notice for him to appear in a Sydney court on October 5 for allegedly concealing a serious indictable offence, police said.