Stray from path, brought to church thereafter (5)
I believe the answer is:
since
'thereafter' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'stray from path brought to church' is the wordplay.
'stray from path' becomes 'sin'.
'brought to' says to put letters next to each other.
'church' becomes 'CE' (Church of England).
'sin'+'ce'='SINCE'
(Other definitions for since that I've seen before include "From that time one" , "in the past" , "Seeing that" , "Because; ago" .)