The priest who said the funeral Mass was approached by the woman in question who told him that she was there with her lesbian marriage partner.

He did not leave the altar and did not refuse to go to the graveside.

It turned out that she and her mother, who was daily communicant, were alienated, that she pulled the stunt specifically to put a known orthodox priest into the situation, that she had left the Church some time previously, that her brother - a known anti-Catholic attorney - was in on it with her and immediately notified all his press sources to spin the matter against the priest and the Church.

The priest in question correctly observed Canon Law which required him to refuse her communion, he left the archdiocese on his own volition - he had been visiting from another country - and was not removed by the archdiocese.