Letter from Australia: Scandal’s repercussions
Under parliamentary privilege, Andrew Wilkie, an independent Member of Parliament in Australia, made an astonishing series of revelations concerning the finances of the Hillsong Church – the Australian-based worldwide franchise claiming a worldwide membership of 150,000.
David Robertson, Sydney, www.ask.org.au
This membership has severely declined after a number of scandals, not least with the former senior pastor, Brian Houston, who is currently on trial in a Sydney Court, accused of covering up his father’s child sexual abuse.
