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Former priest found guilty of 17 counts of indecent assault
A former Church of England priest who ran a rave-inspired "cult" group has been found guilty of indecently assaulting nine women.
Chris Brain, 68, led the Nine O'Clock Service (NOS) in the 1980s and 1990s in Sheffield, with services aimed at 18 to 30-year-olds featuring multimedia, scantily-dressed women, and a live band. The movement was initially seen by the church as a "ground-breaking" success story and attracted between 500 to 600 people to worship at 9pm on Sundays after NOS moved from St Thomas Church to The Rotunda in Ponds Forge.
Brain, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, denied committing sexual offences against 13 women, including one count of rape and 36 counts of indecent assault between 1981 and 1995. Today he was found guilty of 17 counts of indecent assault relating to nine women and acquitted of 15 similar charges.
The jury is still deliberating on five outstanding counts, including the rape charge. Inner London Crown Court heard Brain's ordination was "fast-tracked.
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