Hillsong founder Brian Houston will plead not guilty to concealing information about child sexual abuse, a Sydney court has heard.
The 67-year-old's lawyer was served with a court attendance notice over the allegations in August.
He was charged with concealing a serious indictable offence of another person.
Court documents reveal the charge relates to an indecent assault of a male allegedly committed by his late father, Frank Houston, in 1970.
The matter was mentioned briefly this morning before Downing Centre Local Court.
Mr Houston didn't appear, but his lawyer indicated he would plead not guilty.
The case was adjourned until November 23.
The court documents also state Mr Houston is accused of concealing the information between September 1999 and November 2004, in Baulkham Hills and elsewhere around NSW.
They say he allegedly knew that he “had information that might be of material assistance in securing the prosecution of Frank Houston” and “without reasonable excuse, failed to bring that information to the attention of the NSW Police Force”.
Police have previously said their investigation began in 2019.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions reviewed a brief of evidence and provided advice in August.
The evangelist has recently returned to Australia after being based in the United States for several months.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse heard Frank Houston admitted to the abuse, which took place in Australia and New Zealand several decades ago.
Frank Houston was allowed to retire from the church before the abuse became public.
He died in 2004.
Mr Houston has previously said the charges came "as a shock" to him and vowed to "set the record straight".
"I vehemently profess my innocence and will defend these charges, and I welcome the opportunity to set the record straight," he said in a statement.
