Cult vicar told woman ‘she had to learn to love herself by kissing him’

A worshipper who was allegedly assaulted by a cult vicar described the priest as a ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ personality. Chris Brain, 68, denies 37 offences against 13 women who were involved in his Sheffield based evangelical movement called Nine O’Clock Service. He led NOS from 1986 to 1995 before it collapsed due to allegations of widespread sexual and psychological abuse. Brain employed a team of ‘home-based’ young women wearing tight-fitting clothes to help him get to sleep and perform sexual…