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Disputed church claim about rear of organ diameter (10)

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I believe the answer is:

challenged

'disputed' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'church claim about rear of organ diameter' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'claim' becomes 'allege' (to allege something is to make a claim).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'rear of' says to take the final letters.
'diameter' becomes 'd' (mathematics).
The final letter of 'organ' is 'n'.
'allege' enclosing 'n' is 'allenge'.
'ch'+'allenge'+'d'='CHALLENGED'

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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