Yours truly is taken in by cleric lower in status (6)
I believe the answer is:
demean
'lower in status' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'yours truly is taken in by cleric' is the wordplay.
'yours truly' becomes 'me'.
'is taken in by' is an insertion indicator.
'cleric' becomes 'dean' (I've seen this before).
'me' inserted inside 'dean' is 'DEMEAN'.
(Other definitions for demean that I've seen before include "Cause (someone) to lose dignity" , "Humble" , "disgrace" , "Degrade, humiliate" , "Cause (someone) to suffer loss of dignity" .)