The court heard a pastor once praised his “groundbreaking” service, becoming a cult leader in the Church of England and sexually abused the “stunning” women.
Christopher Brain led the progressive 9 O-Clock Service (NOS) in Sheffield in the 1980s and 1990s, surrounded by women wearing underwear or face-opening clothes as part of his “family foundation team” that kept their houses “spotlessly clean” and told him.
The court heard that the women were sometimes called “Lycra Lovelies” or “Lycra Nuns” – on Rota to help the brain at that time go to bed, which included having sex, the bishop told by a whistleblower in 1995.
At the time, when Brain claimed that he had abused as many as 40 women, he replied: “I think it’s more,” the court learned. In November of that year, he resigned.
Mr. Brand appeared on the dock wearing a purple shirt on Tuesday and was charged with one count of rape and 36 counts of indecent assault in connection with 13 women between 1981 and 1995.
Tim Clark KC opening case says that the Church of England initially saw NOS as a success story, and Mr Brain was appointed by Fast Track.
“In fact, NOS became a closed and controlled group where the defendants dominated the organization and first abused his position as leader and was then appointed as a commissioned pastor to sexually assault the staggering number of women in his congregation,” he told the jury.
Prosecutors accused Christopher Brain (left) of “abuse of his position” as a pastor who abuses women (Elizabeth Cook/Pa)
Mr. Clark said NOS became a cult in which members who were censored and organized into “disciple training” groups were isolated from friends and family.
“Members of NOS rely entirely on NOS and are eager to see the attention and praise of the defendants,” he added. “They are encouraged to give up their time, financial status, and ultimately attribute their self-awareness to the organization and its leaders.”
Mr. Brain first participated in St. Thomas Church in Sheffield through his Christian rock band expressions. The multimedia church service at 9 p.m. is described as “visually amazing” and features live music designed for young congregations.
By the time he received the Holy Order in December 1991, “there were already signs of grand self-registration” and spent a lot of money to find the robe worn by actor Robert De Niro in the film. Task Clark said he wanted to wear it on the appointment.
The jury told the jury that when they manage the housekeeping service and keep the house “spotless”, Brain will be “weared by beautiful women in exposed clothes”.
The court heard that the woman was sometimes called to the priest’s loft bedroom to give him a massage.
A complainant who first joined the church as a teenager said she saw her brain as a kind of “prophet” telling her that their contact was part of her “sexual recovery.”
“She found it impossible to leave, she tried once, but she spoke from it,” Clark said. “She described getting seriously frustrated. She said she was engaged in sexual activities, or submitted more accurately to have sex to survive.”
Another woman said she “sees him as God.”
Prosecutors said Mr. Brain would “suddenly appear” in the lives of female members of NOS, “often picking up their cars as they walk.” He added that women who don’t make the defendant happy will find themselves alienated from the organization.
A female citizen believed she was “brainwashed” by a pastor, saying that he invited her to her home when he went out in 1983 or 1984, where he fixed her and raped her.
“She recalled Mr. Clark telling the jury: “She said he was too big to remove him from her and she said “No,” she said. She felt like she was frozen. ”
Another woman claimed she “must be usable” to “get him to bed.” In this case, when she massaged him while wearing only her underwear, he would undress and rub himself.
“She described entering a ‘robot’ country to do so, and she was afraid to answer the phone,” Mr. Clark said.
The jury learned that the brain told him the alleged victim that he was helping her “recover from sexual oppression.”
The former pastor is in trial at the London Internal Crown Court (PA)
A third woman claimed she “helped him relax” the defendant’s address. She said she had no friends outside of NOS and was worried that she would be removed from office if she did not obey the organization.
Mr. Clark said: “She described him as the character of “Jekyr and Hyde” and added: “If she doesn’t comply, she’s worried about his anger, if she doesn’t surrender, isolate, he has installed her in her belief (obviously a man of God) that she’s doing the right thing. ”
Further complainant described him as a “predator hidden in sight” and she would “select women he considers vulnerable.”
Clark said at one time he nailed her to the floor and pressed herself on her and said she “need to accept that she is the kind of woman who wants to be raped and she can’t be a spiritual person unless she admits that.”
“He continued to fix her until she entered school,” the prosecutor added. “She didn’t hold that opinion, but she was afraid of him. His violence was sudden and there was no warning.”
The former pastor appeared in a 1995 documentary and admitted to jurors to have sexual contact with many female members of the NOS.
Mr. Brand, 68, who denied all the charges, insisted that NOS was not a cult. He accepted that he had sexual activities with some complainants, but this was voluntary.
The eight-week trial continues.
