"When you think about the billions at stake and the radical transformation of lives across the world because of the eccentric vision of this group, how much more cult-y does it have to be for this to be a cult? Not much," says Harvard chaplain.
Christopher Brain, who led the progressive Nine O-Clock Service (NOS) in Sheffield, is accused of dominating and sexually assaulting numerous women from his congregation.
"The looser it was, the more it scraped [the skin], so it was just easier to tie it really tight and then double- or treble-knot it."
These nine victims provided labor and services for what spanned more than a decade, from menial services to sex acts," said Assistant US Attorney Nina Gupta in closing statements last week.
