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Wickedness coming to church subsequently (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

since

'subsequently' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'wickedness coming to church' is the wordplay.
'wickedness' becomes 'sin' (synonyms).
'coming to' is a charade indicator (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" , "Seeing that" , "in the past" , "Because; ago" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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