NEBRASKA CATHOLICS FACE THREAT OF EXCOMMUNICATION.(News)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Date: March 28, 1996 | Copyright information

When Joan Johnson was in parochial school, the nuns taught her to pray and obey. But they also encouraged her to think independently.

Because of that, Johnson says, she faces excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church.

Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of the Lincoln Diocese has threatened to excommunicate parishioners who belong to any of 12 groups, including Planned Parenthood, Call to Action and Catholics for a Free Choice. In a warning in the diocesan newspaper, he told Catholics to sever ties with the groups by May 15 or consider themselves excommunicated.

Johnson ...

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