Priests told not to wear clergy collars in public

In England, a new report by National Churchwatch, an independent organization which provides clergy with personal safety advice, warns priests are often targeted more than other professions as they are considered unlikely to fight back.

Falling congregations and an education system which focuses on understanding all faiths has made the Church of England priest more at risk.

Five vicars have been murdered in the past decade, and a 2001 study found that 12 percent of clergy had suffered some form of violence.

Around half of all assaults on clergy occur away from the vicarage and the report highlighted the importance of the "clerical collar" in making them more vulnerable.

The most recent murder of a vicar happened in March of 2007.

Father Paul Bennett, 59, was stabbed in the grounds of his church in Trecynon, near Aberdare, South Wales. Geraint Evans, 24, a local resident, is due to stand trial for his murder.

Interestingly enough, this decline in England for respect of clergy and Christianity in general is ironic given that Great Britain gave the English speaking world the King James Bible and sent missionaries all over the world. The United Kingdom is now unofficially a non-Christian nation as Muslims immigrants have taken over! Jack Chick believes that the judgment of God has fallen on the United Kingdom because they did not help Jews during World War II. See Chick's SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL JEW