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I feel your pain. Clerics work slightly differently in Pathfinder-having AoH channelling abilities and not having to use spell/power slots for healing thanks to spontaneous casting-but still suck. Unless you're fighting undead-at which point the cleric becomes the main pain dealer.
A cleric can prepare a reach spell and apply Divine Metamagic (Persist Spell) to make touch spells last 24 hours. The Pro: A reach spell can be cast at a range of 30 feet. 30 feet is a fixed range, not variable like close, medium, long. Thus, it is a viable target for Persist.