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The Secrets of Hillsong

The Secrets of Hillsong
★ 6.5/10•2023•TV-MA•Documentary
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A troubling pattern of misconduct.

With fresh reporting and analysis from journalists, historians and policymakers, go beyond the sensational headlines and behind the velvet rope to examine the church's long pattern of covering up misconduct to protect itself.

StatusEnded
LanguageEN
First Air DateMay 19, 2023

Episodes

Episode 1 - Church in the WildE165m

Church in the Wild

In 2015, a young pastor named Carl Lentz lands in NYC to spread the Word of Hillsong, an ascendant Australian megachurch. But allegations of volunteer exploitation, racism, sexual abuse and homophobia explode. Lentz is fired and disappears until now.

May 19, 2023

Episode 2 - The Prodigal SonE263m

The Prodigal Son

In their first interviews since expulsion from the church, Carl and Laura Lentz guide viewers into the inner sanctum of Hillsong, detailing the building the church’s congregation and the response from church leadership when it deemed Carl a liability.

May 19, 2023

E363m

Sins of the Father

As a group of international reporters examine Hillsong’s global network, it becomes clear that long before Carl Lentz’s transgressions, Hillsong’s founding father, Frank Houston, laid the groundwork for the church’s pattern of covering up misconduct with non-disclosure agreements and hush money. And his son, Brian Houston, has allegedly been trying to cover up his father’s predatory past for decades.

May 26, 2023

E462m

False Prophets

Shortly after Carl Lentz’s expulsion from Hillsong, Brian Houston is formally charged with concealing his father’s crimes and banished from Hillsong after allegations of his own misconduct are made public. Carl, Laura and a multigenerational group of former Hillsong congregants examine the rubble and collectively attempt to answer the ultimate question: What do you do when you discover the shepherd is the problem?

May 26, 2023

Actors

Carl Lentz

Carl Lentz

Self - Former Lead Pastor

Alex French

Self - Vanity Fair

Dan Adler

Self - Vanity Fair

Brian Houston

Self - Hillsong Church Founder (archive footage)

Bobbie Houston

Self - Hillsong Church Founder (archive footage)

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