A priest once ready for his “groundbreaking” services A sect leader Sexual exploitation of a “staggering” number of women in the Church of England and a court heard.
Christopher brainThose who led the Progressive Nine O-Clock Service (NOS) in the Sheffield in the 80s and 90s surrounded themselves with women who wore lingerie as part of their “homebase team” or revealed clothes, inner London Crown Court.
The court heard the women-sometimes referred to as “The Lycra Lovelys” or “Lycra Nun”-then on a rotota that then was to help bring the-raverand brain to bed and included sexually assaulting, a bishop was told by a whistleblower in 1995.
The court heard that when Mr. Brain abused 40 women, Mr. Brain was faced at the time, he replied: “I thought it was more”, the court listened. He resigned from sacred orders in November that year.
On Tuesday, Shir Brain is accused of a count of rape and 36 counting of vulgar attacks between 13 women between 1981 and 1995, appearing in a dock wearing a purple shirt on Tuesday.
Opening the prosecution case, Tim Clarke KC said that the Church of England initially saw NOS as a success story and Mr. Brain was rapidly tracked for coordination.
He said, “Nos really became a closed and controlled group, which the defendant first dominated and misused his position as a leader and then as a priest to sexually assault a shocking number of women from his congregation to sexually assault,” he told the jury.
Mr. Clarke said that Nos became a creed in which the member, which was vetted and held in “disciples” groups, was separated from his friends and families.
He said, “The members of the NOS became completely dependent on the NOS and became desperate for the concentration and appreciation of the defendant,” he said. “He was encouraged to give up his time, finance and ultimately, this organization and his leader to give up his spirit.”
Sri Brain first joined his Christian Rock Band with the current period with St. Thomas Church in Sheffield. The 9PM NOS multimedia church services were described as “blind stunning” and painted live music for the purpose of a young congregation.
By the time he gave the sacred order in December 1991, “Signs of grand self-esteem were already present” and a large amount of money was spent on a large scale, which was designed to wear a robber in the film “The Mission” by actor Robert De Niro, said Sri Clarke.
The prosecutor said that Mr. Brain NOS’s women members would “suddenly appear”, “often they were walking together while picking them up in their car”. He said that women who did not keep the defendant happy would find themselves different from the group.
A Mahila Mandal, who believes that she was a “brainwash” by the priest, alleged that she had invited her to her house, while his wife was away in 1983 or 1984, where she dropped her down and raped her.
“She remembers that she moves her head from the side and says” no “, Mr. Clarke told the jury.” She said that she was very good for her weight to be able to take her. She felt that she had settled. “
Another woman claims that she had to be “available” to “keep her on bed”. On those occasions, he rubbed himself against him and rubbed him as he had only massaged him wearing his underwear, listening to the court.
Mr. Clarke said: “She described going to the” Robot “kingdom who did so, she was receiving her phone calls.”
Mr. Brain told his alleged victim that he was helping him to “heal with his sexual oppression”, the jury heard.
A third woman alleges that she will be called to the defendant’s address to “help rest”. She said that she had no friend and if she disobeyed her, she was feared to be removed from the organization.
She described her as a “Jell and Hyde” character, Mr. Clarke said, “She was afraid of her anger that if she did not comply, the separation if she did not present and installed her in a belief (as a clear person) that she was doing the right thing.”
Another complainant described him as “a hunter hiding in plain vision”, “would” pick up women who she looked as weak “.
He told the police that the homebase team was made up of a member of the church who was “young, women and beautiful”, the jury was told.
On one occasion, he dropped her down on the floor, pressed herself against her and said “she needs to accept that she was like a woman who wanted to rape and until she accepted it, she could not be a spiritual person”, Shri Clarke said.
The prosecutor said, “He continued to drop him down until he entered this.” “She did not have such views, but she was afraid of her. Her violent conduct was suddenly and without warning.”
The former priests appeared in a 1995 documentary and the filmmaker of sexual contact with several female members of NOS was told to the gamblers.
Mr. Brain, 68, who deny all the allegations, insist that Nos was not a creed. He admits that he was engaged in sexual activity with some complainants, but it was agreed.
The eight -week test is underway.