Hillsong Founder Facing Criminal Charge

Founder of the Hillsong Church, Pastor Brian Houston leaves the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse hearings in Sydney, Australia on Oct. 8, 2014. AAP Image/Paul Miller

Australian Hillsong pastor Brian Houston has been charged with concealing information about the sexual abuse of a young male in the 1970s.

Police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) will allege that Houston knew information relating to the sexual abuse of a young male but never reported it to police.