Personal Life
Fielding is a Christian and attends CityLife Church, a large Pentecostal church in Melbourne. On the ABC television programme Q&A he admitted to being a creationist but would not answer whether or not he believes that the Earth is less than 10,000 years old. Fielding and his wife Susan have three children, James, Campbell and Gabrielle. He has claimed that he was sexually abused by a scoutmaster and family friend for two years during his teenage years. No-one has been charged or prosecuted for the alleged offences.
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