Unhappy fellow 'gutted', we hear? Support found in church (10)
I believe the answer is:
misericord
'support found in church' is the definition.
(ledge providing support in a church)
'unhappy fellow gutted we hear?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'fellow' could be 'eric' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'eric' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for misericord that I've seen before include "Ledge under choir stall seat" , "support for prayer" , "monk's room" , "Part of seat" , "Support for stander in church" .)