Mike Pilavachi was said to have also wrestled youths as he used his 'authority to control people'.
Rev Canon Mike Pilavachi led Soul Survivor Church in Watford, as well as a national Christian youth festivalA church leader massaged young male interns and wrestled youths as he used his "spiritual authority to control people", an investigation has found.
It said: "The overall substantiated concerns are described as an abuse of power relating to his ministry, and spiritual abuse; described in guidance as 'a form of emotional and psychological abuse characterised by a systematic pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour in a religious context'. The Bishop of St Albans, Alan Smith, said: "This has been a painful process for everyone involved, going back over years.
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