Vicar who led rave-style ‘cult’ in Church of England found guilty of assaulting female followers
An anger -style evangelical cult in the Church of England was found guilty of sexual harassment for female followers accused of leading cult cult.
A heard Christopher Brain, who led the Progresive Nine Program Service (NOS) in Sheffield in the 80s and 90s, and was surrounded by women wearing lingerie as a part of the “Hombase Team üzerinde holding his house“ Spotlessly clean ”.
The court sometimes heard that women, called “Lycra Lovelies” or “Lycra Nuns ,, were on a route to help the brain reorganize with every need. Some gave him “lusty” massages, where the jury told him that tension was to alleviate headaches.
Between 1981 and 1995, a number of 13 women was accused of rape and immoral attack No. 36.
On Wednesday, the jury members at Inner London Crown Court found him guilty of 17 census attacks against nine women. However, he was acquitted for 15 more accusations against two women.
The jury is still discussing rape accusation and four points more inappropriate attacks.
The six -week hearing heard how 68 -year -old Brain was praised by the Canterbury Archbishop after the inspiration of the “club culture ında in the Church of St Thomas in the Church of St Thomas in the Ponds Forge.
As the movement lifted, he was watched quickly for sacred orders, but after claiming that women’s charismatic leaders were sexually assaulted, he collapsed in 1995, and in some cases he helped improve their sexual pressure.
Prosecutor Tim Clark KC told the court that he had exploited as a leader first, and then as a priest in charge of sexual assault on a surprising number of women ”.
The court replied, ım I thought it was more ”when Brain first confronted his claims that he had exploited women up to 40.
Mr. Clark said that NOS was a cult where NOS was isolated from their friends and families of veterinarians and organized members to the “disciplinary” groups.
“NOS members became completely dependent on NOS and desperate for the attention and praise of the accused,” he added. “His time, financing, and ultimately this organization and leader were encouraged to give up his sense of self.”
A woman who first joined the church as a teenager said that she saw his brain as a “form of prophets” who said that his contacts were part of his “sexual healing”.
Clark found impossible to leave, once made an effort, but it was discussed, ”he said. “He explains how to get into depression in a serious way.
Another woman said that she sees her almost as a god ”. The prosecutor said that the brain will suddenly appear in the life of NOS’s female members, and that it will usually take them in her car while walking. He added that the defendant will find themselves alienated from the group.
A female congregation, who believed that the priest was “washed the brain ,, claimed that he had invited him to his home when his wife was far away in 1983 or 1984, and raped and raped him.
He told the jury that he had moved his head “side by side ve and said,“ No ”he said: im I couldn’t get him out of me.”
Another woman said she should be ready to “put her on bed”. On this occasion, the Court would undress and rub against him while massaging him while wearing his underwear.
Mr. Clark said: “He told us how to get into a ‘robotic’ situation that did this, and dreamed of getting phone calls.”
A bomb to Brain to the jury admitted that there was “inappropriate sexual behavior with a number of women in the church in the 1995 BBC documentary, but rejected that it was abused. In the same year he resigned from the holy orders.
Brain, who gave evidence in his defense, admitted that he had received massages from women in the movement, although he was married to a small child.
He asked his lawyer Iain Simkins KC, “what has you to have a back massage from another woman,” he asked, “Why not?”
The jury told the jury that he suffered from headaches. He said that the people in the Homebase team were “personal friends ve to save their time to set off the religious movement and are not part of the duties of massages.
He admitted that he had sexual contact with his guilty up to six people, but insisted that he was based on consent. He claimed that some of the alleged attacks were not realized.
“There was the most radical vicar there,” he said to the jury: ı I wasn’t a traditional victory, I was one of the radical research and experimental journey. ”
NOS insisted that NOS was a “free, clear, really loving, very fun environment ve and when they began to develop their own theologies around 1990, some members became interested in tantric bachelor.
“Sometimes kissing with some of my best friends, sometimes massage, caressing.
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