Please note: This article contains references to abuse.
The dismaying - and predictable - revelation in the saga surrounding Chris Brain of Sheffield's Nine O'Clock Service, is that it could have been avoided. His theological education supervisor insisted that he was not fit for ministry and should not be ordained.
However a desperate Anglican church in the UK, faced with falling numbers and irrelevance, fast-tracked him and swept all concerns aside. [Because], you know, he gets stuff done.
