Butcher in choir appals new clergyman (6,8)

I believe the answer is:

prison chaplain

'clergyman' is the definition.
(I know that prison chaplain is a type of Cominister)

'butcher in choir appals new' is the wordplay.
'butcher' indicates anagramming the letters.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'in'+'choir'+'appals'='inchoirappals'
'inchoirappals' anagrammed gives 'prisonchaplai'.
'prisonchaplai'+'n'='PRISON CHAPLAIN'

(Another definition for prison chaplain that I've seen is " Can preacher".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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