US EditionChris Brain: Leader of 'cult-like' Nine O'Clock Service denies brainwashing members to satisfy sexual desires
SHEFFIELD, UNITED KINGDOM, AUG 4 – Christopher Brain denies cult-like control and brainwashing allegations while facing charges of rape and indecent assault involving 13 women from his evangelical congregation.
- Christopher Brain, 68, from Wilmslow, stands trial at Inner London Crown Court accused of sexually abusing 13 women in Sheffield's Nine O'Clock Service between 1981 and 1995.
- The Nine O'Clock Service began in 1986 as a rave-style evangelical group led by Brain, who said it had a team structure and denied coercing or brainwashing members described as completely anti-cult.
- Brain admitted leading NOS by consensus, acknowledged some consensual sexual activity including massages, denied living extravagantly, and rejected manipulation or undue control over followers.
- He told the jury all touching was done with '100%' consent and he would have 'instantly stopped' if discomfort was expressed, while prosecutors describe NOS as a closed group with numerous assaults.
- The trial highlights alleged abuse of religious authority in NOS and raises concerns about safeguarding within controlled church-based youth movements.
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'Cult leader' admits to getting massages from congregation during rape trial
Christopher Brain arrives in court (Credits: Danny Lawson/PA Wire) A priest accused of running a Church of England ‘cult’ has admitted to getting massages from lingerie-clad women in his congregation, a court heard. Christopher Brain, now 68, is on trial charged with one count of rape and 36 counts of indecent assault between 1981 and 1995 against 13 women. He denies all the charges against him. The jury was told how the evangelical priest surro…
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perspectivemedia.comFormer priest accused of assault says church group leadership was ‘on consensus’
Christopher Brain was leader of the evangelical movement the Nine O’Clock Service.
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