23 h. ago Jury considering verdicts in trial of priest accused of sexual assaults

Christopher Brain was leader of evangelical movement the Nine O’Clock Service between 1986 and 1995.

Events

5 d. ago 'Addictive' fried chicken chain with cult following opens in Manchester with bonkers new venue

It's loved by Drake and Usher, and has people queuing up for three hours

Politics

7 d. ago ‘I was the most radical ordained vicar there was’: Church of England ‘cult’ leader defends ‘sensual’ contact with followers

Christoher Brain admits to having ‘sensual’ contact with women in the Nine O’Clock Service, but insists it was consensual and he was ‘on a journey of radical research and experimentation’

Politics

8 d. ago Former priest accused of leading evangelical Church of England cult says followers gave him ‘sensual’ massages to relieve tension headaches

Christopher Brain, who denies one count of rape and 36 counts of indecent assault, claims he engaged in kissing, massaging and stroking with ‘close friends’ from the Nine O’Clock Service, a court heard

Events

8 d. ago Former priest accused of ‘brainwashing’ followers in evangelical Church of England cult claims he led on ‘consensus’

Leader of the Nine O’Clock Service Christopher Brain allegedly surrounded himself with women who wore lingerie or revealing clothes as part of his ‘homebase team’

Politics

8 d. ago Former priest accused of assault says church group leadership was ‘on consensus’

Christopher Brain was leader of the evangelical movement the Nine O’Clock Service.

Politics

3 w. ago Constance Marten's 'life was ruined' by joining a Nigerian religious cult that beat women with horsewhips and whose leader required followers to call him 'daddy'

Constance's mother Virginia believed cult leader TB Joshua, who styled himself in internet videos as a miracle healer, could rid her daughter of her 'rebellious spirits'.

Politics

4 w. ago Food distribution system for Palestinians ‘like hunger games’, says archbishop

Archbishop of Jerusalem Hosam Naoum was speaking at the Church of England’s General Synod.

Politics

4 w. ago Gay man subjected to ‘exorcism’ at Sheffield church receives compensation

Matthew Drapper at C of E’s St Thomas Philadelphia was told that ‘sexual impurity’ had let demons enter his bodyA gay man has been paid compensation from a Church of England parish after he was subjected to an “exorcism” to purge him of his homosexuality, it has been reported.Matthew Drapper, 37, was a volunteer at St Thomas Philadelphia, a joint Anglican-Baptist congregation in Sheffield, in 2014 when he was invited to an “encounter God weekend” at the “contemporary, welcoming church”, the Times reported. Continue reading...

Politics