Extraodinary minister refuses communion to politician over abortion

An Australian politician was refused communion at Mass by a lay extraordinary minister of the Eucharist for his government's legislation to legalise abortion.

Victorian Attorney-General Rob Hulls was refused communion by a minister assisting a priest at St Monica's church in Moonee Ponds over the passage of the Abortion Law Reform Act, which legalised abortion in Victoria. The story is reported in The Age. He was eventually given communion by the priest after a one minute "stand off" in which the minister put his hand over the ciborium. Mr Hulls voted against the bill but as attorney-general referred the proposed abortion legislation to the Victorian Law Reform Commission for consideration.

I'm not really sure whether a lay minister has the authority to refuse communion to someone (and I don't know much about Australian politics) but it's great that the person reminded Mr Hulls of his actions in public office in a humiliating fashion.