Hard to find evidence of being wounded by church (6)
I believe the answer is:
scarce
'hard to find' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'evidence of being wounded by church' is the wordplay.
'evidence of being wounded' becomes 'scar'.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'scar'+'ce'='SCARCE'
(Other definitions for scarce that I've seen before include "Deficient in quantity" , "Hard to get" , "exceptional" , "Like gold dust" , "Not enough to satisfy demand" .)