Church of England priest was ‘like Savile’

An associate of a vicar accused of abusing female members of the congregation described him as the Church of England’s ‘golden boy’ as he likened him to BBC predator Jimmy Savile. Chris Brain, 69, has already been convicted of sexual offences against women who were part of the Nine O’Clock Service (NOS) in Sheffield. But Brain denies one count of rape and four counts of indecent assault against four women at Inner London Crown Court. Chris Essdale, a music producer,…