Late Lincoln, Neb., Call to Action member fought excommunication for 17 years

Late Lincoln, Neb., Call to Action member fought excommunication for 17 years

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Robert McClory  |  Jun. 11, 2014

The story of the ongoing excommunication of members of Call to Action in the Lincoln, Neb., diocese was told recently in Rachel Pokora's new book, Crisis of Catholic Authority. But the story would not be complete without highlighting the insistent "no" to that excommunication from university James McShane. No one was more deeply hurt by Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz's action in 1996, and no one did more to fight it, those who knew the man agreed. McShane did not live to see the resolution he so wanted.