A ‘cult’ priest accused of raping one worshipper and sexually assaulting others has denied attacking any women.
Chris Brain, who led the distinctive Nine O’Clock Service (NOS) in Sheffield, said any sexual activity he had with women was consensual.
Brain is accused of launching sex attacks between 1983 and 1995, having already been convicted of a string of offences on women at a trial last year, jurors have been told.
Giving evidence in his retrial at Inner London Crown Court, Brain denied accusations he used his position to control members of the church.
The court heard Brain’s services, held late on Sunday evenings after
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