Cult vicar faces retrial

A ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ priest who abused members of his Church of England cult may face a second trial after a jury could not decide on the remaining charges against him. Chris Brain, 68, was head of the Sheffield based evangelical movement the Nine O’Clock Service set up in 1986 to run ‘nightclub-style’ church services. The organisation collapsed in 1995 due to allegations of widespread sexual and psychological abuse. Brain employed a team of ‘home-based’ women wearing tight-fitting clothes known…