Posted on 08/31/2016 11:22:05 AM PDT by heterosupremacist
Vicars have been told not to wear dog collars in public over fears that Islamic State will target a British church in its next attack.
One man of the cloth said he has been advised not to wear his dog collar out and about amid fears he could be singled out in a terror attack.
It has also been suggested UK church congregations should have a ‘bouncer’ on the door so that worshippers at small parish churches are more protected.
National Churchwatch has warned smaller churches are at more risk than larger ones and issued new guidance following the murder of a French priest last month.
The advice includes instructions to buy CCTV and carry personal attack alarms.
The vicar, who did not want to be named, told the Daily Mirror: ‘I’ve been told not to wear my dog collar in public to identify myself.
‘I’ve also been told not to be alone in the church but it would cost too much to pay someone to come with me to open up each day.’
The draft 12-page document by National Churchwatch says that churches need to make sure doors can be bolted and that worshippers are aware of what to do in the event they spot anything suspicious, the Daily Telegraph reported.
The paper was written by Nick Tolson, who has also advised the Home Office on its places of worship security committee. …
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Why not send out undercover cops instead?
Posing as clergy.
An aside : “dog collars” just makes me want to scream!
They are called ‘ROMAN collars’...
Or they could deport the islamic filth.
Haven’t you ever had a dog go roamin’?
Don’t Anglican priests wear them as well? I’m sure that the military didn’t officially name the ID tags “dog tags” either, but slang exists everywhere.
The “church” of England has got to be the most unprincipled and cowardly sect there is. Makes unitarians seem like puritans.
Not surprising, I guess, considering it was created so a king could divorce
defeat of civilization is near complete, why can’t christianity declare Islam as a lie of demonic proportion.
It’s time to rally or perish for those folks, us too
Back in the 70’s a policewoman nicknamed “Muggable Mary” would disguise herself as a homeless “bag lady”, prostitute, drug addict, etc to lure criminals. She actually scored a lot of arrests and became one of the most decorated women in the NYPD for her efforts. Yet true to form, the ACLU attempted to obtain a court injunction forbidding this practice on the grounds that “a mugger should know who he’s mugging”.
The sun has set on the British Empire. And France. And Germany. And...
Here in the primitive unsophisticated gun-crazy U.S., congregations are designating CCW holders to guard the church during services, and are organizing the men into quick reaction squads. Many have announced that packing in church is OK.
Omar & Achmed aren’t stupid. They know that attacking a church in America especially in the South will get them ventilated in a hurry. But some of their more inbred brethren are bound to try.
The Church of England would likely not use the term “Roman collar.”
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