Possible Clues:

• Protestant archbishop's first proscription overturned — past it sadly
• Gushing tap at basin for adult inducted in water ceremony?
• Abstain unhappily, accommodating clever old Protestant
• Fitting on a collar is ultimately difficult for sect member
• Sadly abstain when entertaining bright Protestant
• Protestant sect member
• Dreadful stain baby's left by tap — there's no baby-wetter!
• One shouldn't put water on baby's head, given a basin tap's irregular temperature