A gay couple who stepped aside from singing at mass after getting abuse from a parishioner are to return to the choir.

Jacinta O'Donnell and Geraldine Flanagan - who got married this summer - have been mass singers at St Michael's Church in Athy in Co Kildare for years.

But they took the decision to leave after getting a text from a parishioner who said their involvement would be 'a contradiction and hypocritical'

However Jacinta now says they will return to the choir tomorrow night after receiving overwhelming support from the community:

Earlier, a Catholic organisation called on the couple to come back.

Susan Keogh has been speaking to Brendan Butler - from the organisation 'We Are Church' - which describes itself a a group of concerned Catholics: