Ex-priest found guilty of 17 indecent assaults
A former priest accused of abusing members of a church group he led has been found guilty of 17 counts of indecent assault against nine women.Chris Brain, 68, was head of the Nine O'Clock Service (NOS), an influential evangelical movement based in Sheffield in the 1980s and 90s
He was found not guilty of another 15 charges of indecent assault, while jurors are continuing to deliberate on a further four counts of indecent assault and one charge of rape.
During the trial, prosecutor Tim Clark KC said some of the women had been sexually abused after being recruited to a so-called "homebase team" charged with looking after Brain and his family.
He told the court the group became known among NOS members as the "Lycra lovelies" or the "Lycra nuns" after witnesses reported seeing the defendant surrounded by attractive women in lingerie at his home
The women were required to carry out household chores at the home he shared with his wife and daughter, the prosecution said, as well as putting him to bed with sexual favours.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20662dxl88o
A former priest accused of abusing members of a church group he led has been found guilty of 17 counts of indecent assault against nine women.Chris Brain, 68, was head of the Nine O'Clock Service (NOS), an influential evangelical movement based in Sheffield in the 1980s and 90s
He was found not guilty of another 15 charges of indecent assault, while jurors are continuing to deliberate on a further four counts of indecent assault and one charge of rape.
During the trial, prosecutor Tim Clark KC said some of the women had been sexually abused after being recruited to a so-called "homebase team" charged with looking after Brain and his family.
He told the court the group became known among NOS members as the "Lycra lovelies" or the "Lycra nuns" after witnesses reported seeing the defendant surrounded by attractive women in lingerie at his home
The women were required to carry out household chores at the home he shared with his wife and daughter, the prosecution said, as well as putting him to bed with sexual favours.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20662dxl88o
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Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups
Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!
