A former priest accused of leading an evangelical cult in the Church of England has defended having “sensual” contact with followers, telling the jury: “I was the most radical ordained vicar there was.”
Christopher Brain, who led the rave-style Nine O-Clock Service (NOS) in Sheffield in the 80s and 90s, allegedly surrounded himself with women who wore lingerie or revealing clothes as part of his “homebase team” who kept his house “spotlessly clean”.
