'Sometimes you can just sit down and do nothing or you can stand up to people like these, and that’s what I did.'

'This is much more moving than watching the pope deliver prepared speeches.'

The abuse scandal has devastated the church's reputation in Ireland since the 1990s and has exploded anew in the U.S.

'The slanderous statements made by Bob, and now being attributed to me, are not only factually incorrect, but offensive.'

In the U.S., the sex abuse scandal and related litigation has cost the church some $3 billion and led to the sell-off of church properties and bankruptcy protection for several dioceses.

'We need a church of light.'

'It's extraordinary the way the campaign focused so much on 'me, me, me,' the rights of the mother, and very little mention of the unborn child. That was sidelined.'

Dunne soon went to bed, not knowing she'd be blind in that eye when she woke up just a few hours later.

Ireland voted May 26 to legalize abortion by repealing the Eight Amendment.

Because of the way U.S. immigration law works, he's likely to be deported not to his country of residence but to his country of origin.