Girl in political scandal receiving new support from church (7)
I believe the answer is:
kneeler
'girl in political scandal receiving' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'new support from church' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'new' could be 'n' and 'n' is present in the answer.
'support' could be 'keel' (keel is a kind of support) and 'keel' is found in the remaining letters.
The remaining letters 'er' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kneeler that I've seen before include "Hassock" , "Church pew cushion" , "It supports bended joints (in church?)" , "Cushion provided in church" , "Cushion in chuch pew" .)