Local butcher because of this heads to church (5)
I believe the answer is:
botch
'local butcher' is the definition.
'botch' can be an answer for 'butcher' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'local' bit.
'because of this heads to church' is the wordplay.
'heads to' says to take the initial letters (I've seen 'heading to' mean this).
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
The initial letters of 'because of this' is 'bot'.
'bot'+'ch'='BOTCH'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for botch that I've seen before include "bad job" , "Make a mess of through poor or clumsy work" , "Bungle, make a hames of" , "mistake" , "Spoil by clumsy workmanship" .)