A former priest accused of leading Engineal Panth in Church of England “Erotic” contact with the jury is defended, stating the jury: “I was the most radical wicker.”
Christopher brainThose who led the Rev-style Nine O-Clock service (NOS) in the Sheffield in the 80s and 90s, allegedly surrounded themselves with women who wore lingerie or clothes as part of their “homebase team” or revealed clothes, who kept their home “clean”.
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The 68 -year -old denies a count of rape and one count of 36 counts related to 13 women in the church movement between 1981 and 1995. He admits that he was engaged in sexual activity with some complainants, but insisted that it was consent.
Giving evidence for a second day, he defended contact with members of his congregation when he was married to a young child.
He claimed that he and his ex -wife “were in a much more open relationship” and considering being divided, saying: “I was not a traditional Victor, I was someone on a trip to radical research and experiment.”
Former pastors, who were rapidly tracked in 1991 for coordination after attracting hundreds of young congregations in the Church of England in 1991, said in court earlier that they received a “erotic” massage from women to relieve stress headache.
He claims that he resigned from the NOS to pursue his work in San Francisco in 1993, two years ago the Sheffield Church was surrounded by a controversy in 1995.
Challenged his contact on Tuesday on Tuesday, he replied: “I don’t know in a traditional setting. But if you are in a multiple community in the front edge of the culture and at the center of the Rev movement, then obviously I thought it was fine.”
He told the jury that he and a complainant – alleged that he raped her at her home in Sheffield in 1983 or 1984 – regularly in “petting”. He said that she and his then wife were “very open”, but it would be a deception if Lisans progressed for full sex.
He admitted to having sex with the woman after “gone too far”, but said that it is “absolutely” consent.
“We were in the bedroom and it went far away,” he said. “We started having sex and shortly after we stopped.”
He said that another woman, who accuses her of many cases of sexual harassment, was “fully happy with this”.
“This was a club environment” he said. “It was not like a church house. It was like a group of musicians living together.”
He insisted that sexual aggression is “not my style” and contested his depiction as some kind of “let” man. He alleged that there was contact after the trust of the trust for a long time.
He said: “I am not the type of man to try on it, I have never been. It is not part of my character or my faith system.”
He said that in an allegation he “did not do” and denied several other allegations to a woman, including an allegation that he put a woman’s hand on his genitals.
His presence was questioned by his lawyer Ian Simkins Casey in the 1995 BBC documentary, his presence on a Harman named Nos, in which he admitted that he “was involved in improper sexual conduct with many women”, he told the jury that he told the jury on the “accepted responsibility” in the program.
“I think it shows that I have more than much accepted responsibility,” he said. “I accepted the responsibility for its bulk on a large scale. Almost a single is being blamed for everything that seemed wrong.”
He insisted that Nos was never a creed and he did not deny that he never involved in “sexual healing exercises” with female followers, saying: “The sexual healing tropper working in the case was not present.”
He described criminal allegations as a “witch hunting” and said that in the 90s, the breakdown of NOS “originally destroyed my life”.
The prosecution alleges that Nos became a “closed and controlled” group, which he sexually assaulted “a shocking number of women from his congregation”.
The eight -week test is underway.
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