Most female clergy members keep to the traditional black trousers, shirt, and clerical collar because of the simple fact that not many other options exist.

The Archbishop of York has dramatically cut up his dog collar on live television and says he won't wear it again until Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe is out of office. But what does the dog collar ...

Bishop Alan M. Gates, the highest ranking official in the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, snatched a female priest’s clergy collar from around her neck when she momentarily forgot the ...

Bishop Alan M. Gates is under fire for his caught-on-camera moment when he yanked the clerical collar from Rev. Tamara Tucker's neck during the Great Vigil of Easter at The Cathedral Church of St ...

Members of the clergy are being advised to take off their dog collars when they are on their own, to reduce the risk of being attacked. National Churchwatch, which provides personal safety advice ...

Catholic priest shuns collar to fight for survivors of clergy sexual abuse Rev. Thomas Doyle has reviewed 1,000 priest sex-abuse cases and says he no longer has “any trust in the institutional ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A local priest addressed his congregation at mass last Sunday following the abuse scandal by hundreds of Catholic clergy in Pennsylvania. Although new to the parish of Holy ...

According to research carried out in 1976 by the Church of England's Enquiry Centre, the dog collar became popular with Anglican clergy during the Oxford Movement in the 19th century.