Dog collar clergy at risk of attack

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Title – Dog collar clergy at risk of attack
Source – www.bbc.co.uk
Date – 7th October 2007

For most people in society a minister from any religious background would be considered a pillar of the community, we would expect such a vivid symbol as a dog collar to afford protection from abuse, aggression and attack, but sadly some elements within our society seem to no longer have any values at all.

If violence in the workplace generally remains under reported, it is a certainty that violence and aggression towards religious ministers is certainly under reported, so we can expect the actual figures to be much higher then this report suggests. It also only concentrates on the Christian church, in today’s society we can expect that violence towards other religions leaders to sadly be potentially even higher.

By their very nature, religious ministers from every religion believe in compassion, forgiveness and understanding, three qualities which themselves should provide protection from violence, but clearly this is not always the case.

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