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Talked of church treated badly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chattered

'talked' is the definition.
(chattering is a kind of talking)

'church treated badly' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in the wrong order).
'treated' with letters rearranged gives 'attered'.
'ch'+'attered'='CHATTERED'

'of' acts as a link.

(Another definition for chattered that I've seen is " Talked quickly about trivia - like magpie?".)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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