On the same weekend that former Hillsong Church global senior pastor Brian Houston preached his first sermon since his resignation, Hillsong’s interim pastor Phil Dooley publicly responded to a lawsuit against the global megachurch, which was filed by a former employee who alleged that Hillsong misled donors and evaded taxes.
Dooley Responds to Lawsuit Over Hillsong’s Alleged Financial Impropriety
On Friday (August 19), Dooley addressed the allegations outlined in former fundraising and governance coordinator Natalie Moses’ lawsuit, which included the accusation that Hillsong misappropriated funds for, among other things, “large cash gifts” to Brian Houston.