Fretted about church being stolen (7)

I believe the answer is:

pinched

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'stolen' is the definition.
(pinching is a kind of stealing)

'fretted about church' is the wordplay.
'fretted' becomes 'pined' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'pined' going around 'ch' is 'PINCHED'.

'being' is the link.

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(Another definition for pinched that I've seen is " Haggard".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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