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Catholic charged, offering no resistance about being imprisoned (8)

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eclectic

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(Other definitions for eclectic that I've seen before include "Deriving ideas from many sources" , "Taking ideas from many places" , "Drawn from various sources" , "General" , "Taking ideas from many sources" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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