Violently separated congregation when Reverend spoke, as predicted (8)

I believe the answer is:

foretold

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'predicted' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'violently separated' is the wordplay.
'violently' becomes 'fore' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'separated' becomes 'told' ('tell' can be a synonym of 'separate').
'fore'+'told'='FORETOLD'

'congregation when reverend spoke as' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Another definition for foretold that I've seen is " Predicted".)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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