Mass. Episcopal bishop removes female priest's collar, apologizes

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 religious wording.

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