cult leader guilty of sex offences against nine women from his 'rave church'

Aug 22, 2025 Rights & Justice views: 127

Christopher Brain ran the Nine O’Clock Service,aimed at 18 to 30-year-olds and shaped by the rave culture (Picture: PA)

A Church of England priest has been found guilty of sexual offences against nine women after starting a cult for attractive women to service him.

Christopher Brain,68,was the leader of the Nine O’Clock Service (NOS),part of the Church of England,in Sheffield,South Yorkshire,between 1986 and 1995.

He was found guilty by a jury at Inner London Crown Court on Wednesday of 17 counts of indecent assault during the years he led the movement.

The jury cleared him of 15 counts of indecent assault and are still deliberating on four counts of indecent assault and one of rape.

Brain appeared unmoved in the dock as the verdicts were read out.

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