Ann Widdecombe's funeral service will take place on Wednesday at the Catholic abbey where she regularly worshipped. A requiem mass will be held for the former Tory minister, who became a Reform UK spokeswoman, at Buckfast Abbey in Devon. "Ann was a woman of profound faith, a faith which found expression in the public forum of politics," the statement said. Ann Widdecombe was a regular worshipper at the Abbey Church (Matt Keeble/PA)"Ann was unafraid to express her unwavering convictions, formed through her Roman Catholic faith. At the time of her death she was a spokeswoman on immigration and justice for Reform UK.