Possible Clues:

• Ecclesiastics
• Oversees, as a gallery collection
• The dogs fed inside are wearing dog collars
• Members of clergy sing in the sticks
• Vicars' seconds
• Servicemen using signals to capture deserter?
• As ministry assistants, Conservative has us tear about
• Keeps a collection
• Clerics in old cars, going round bend
• Ministers provide remedies without a word of thanks in return