CHANGING HER POLITICS TO SAVE HER SOUL NEBRASKA CATHOLICS IN LIMBO OVER EXCOMMUNICATION THREAT.(News/National/International)

From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: April 14, 1996 | Copyright information

Byline: Jeff Zeleny Associated Press

LINCOLN, Neb. -- The thought of excommunication doesn't scare Marilyn Seiker.

As a mother of four, grandmother of 11 and former president of her church's Altar Society, Seiker says she is comfortable enough in her beliefs to withstand excommunication.

However, fear of repercussions persuaded her to bow to a rare excommunication notice from her bishop.

``We had visions of walking to communion with our ...

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