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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

Vicar who led rave-style ‘cult’ in Church of England found guilty of assaulting female followers

A former priest accused of leading a rave-style evangelical cult in the Church of England has been found guilty of indecently assaulting nine of his female followers.

A trial heard Christopher Brain, who led the progressive Nine O-Clock Service (NOS) in Sheffield in the 80s and 90s, surrounded himself with women who wore lingerie or revealing clothes as part of his “homebase team” who kept his house “spotlessly clean”.

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