The Church of England will consider banning priests from wearing skimpy 'Borat' style clothes whilst giving Sunday service.

The sight of a middle-aged village vicar strapping themselves into Sacha Baron Cohen's mankini from the cult film seems unlikely but it's enough of a concern for the Church to propose changes to canon law.

A new condition stopping clergy from conducting services whilst dressed in anything considered 'seemly' or which is a 'departure' from traditional C of E clothing is to be looked at.

The sight of a middle-aged village vicar strapping themselves into Sacha Baron Cohen's mankini from the cult film seems unlikely but it's enough of a concern for the Church to propose changes to canon law

Church leaders also have in their sights any vicar bold enough to don an atheist t-shirt or one promoting terrorism or extreme views.

The General Synod will consider the condition changes to ecclesiastical law at its annual gathering in York next weekend.

Despite the Church set to ban revealing attire it is still pressing ahead with relaxing rules on what priests can wear whilst leading weddings, baptisms or funerals.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby wearing traditional Church attire for an Easter Day service

The Church wants to appeal to young people and be 'relevant' to shore-up congregation numbers.

But traditionalists are concerned the change will mean priests will appear 'slovenly'.

Vicar and broadcaster, the Rev Dr Giles Fraser, is an 'arch traditionalist' on the subject of clerical robes.

He told The Telegraph: 'The most unseemly thing I may have taken the eucharist in is a Chelsea top, but that was underneath my vestments so no-one could see it.

'I think the whole point about having vestments is that it stops all this stuff being an issue.

'I would certainly be extremely disturbed if I saw the Bishop of Willesden celebrating the eucharist in his Tottenham t-shirt.'

And the priest won't be wearing a mankini in the pulpit anytime soon as he says it's 'not acceptable.'

A spokesman for the Church of England said 'seemly' meant 'conforming to propriety or good taste; fitting, decorous or proper.'

But the meaning of the word can be decided depending on the particular service, he added.

The rule change would still make it possible for clergy to wear dark clothing at special 'goth' services, which have been held at Whitby Abbey or Coventry Cathedral.

The annual Grimalidi service, held in in Dalston, east London, where the congregation dresses up as clowns would not be banned. The event is held to mark the death of Joseph Grimaldi, who was known as the 'king of clowns'.