Investigation finds Mike Pilavachi 'used spiritual authority to control people'. What happens now?

The Church of England’s National Safeguarding Team has said Mike Pilavachi used his spiritual authority to “control” people, and this led to inappropriate relationships, including “massaging of young male interns”. But questions remain, and more investigations are set to take place. Megan Cornwell reports on what’s likely to happen next

On 6 September the Church of England’s National Safeguarding Team (NST) reported that their investigation into Canon Rev Mike Pilavachi had concluded and the allegations were “substantiated”.

These were described as both "abuse of power" and "spiritual abuse". The NST said there had been a "systematic pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour".