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Offend against church after that (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

since

'after that' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'offend against church' is the wordplay.
'offend' becomes 'sin' (sin can mean to commit an offence).
'against' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'church' becomes 'CE' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'sin'+'ce'='SINCE'

(Other definitions for since that I've seen before include "Seeing that" , "in the past" , "Because; ago" , "From that time one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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