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Five priests, two nuns, three laypeople kidnapped in Haiti
People pray during Mass in 2015 outside Sacred Heart Church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Five priests, two nuns and three laypeople were kidnapped in Haiti April 11, 2021. (CNS/Bob Roller)
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY The latest victims of rampant kidnappings in Haiti are five priests, two nuns and three laypeople who were abducted together on their way to a parish near the capital of Port-au-Prince early April 11.
Kidnapping cases happen almost daily in Haiti, which has been experiencing increasing insecurity, political turmoil and gang violence; it is the poorest country in the Americas.