Vicar ‘told member of cult group to deny her husband and save herself for him’

The Church of England ‘fuelled’ a cult-like sect led by ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ predator priest, a court heard. Chris Brain, 68, is on trial at Inner London Crown Court accused of 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. The 68-year-old employed a team of ‘home-based’ young women wearing tight-fitting clothes…