 In Ireland, a politician has been refused communion and told he has excommunicated himself from the Catholic Church because he voted to legalize abortion. Fingale TD Colm Burke voted in favor of repealing the Eighth Amendment, which had provided legal protection for unborn children. According to Life News, while attending a funeral at White Church in Blarney on Friday, Father Gabriel Burke offered a blessing to the politician. Responding to his press for communion, the priest leaned forward and told him he's been excommunicated.