April 30, 2021 - 6:48 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Kidnappers in Haiti have released five priests, two nuns and two other people who had been held for nearly three weeks, Roman Catholic authorities said Friday.
The France-based Society of Priests of St. James, which runs missions in Haiti and Brazil, issued a statement expressing âour joy and our great satisfaction to find them safe and sound.â
It did not describe how they were released or say if a ransom had been paid.
Ten people were kidnapped on April 11 as they travelled to Ganthier, a community east of the capital of Port-au-Prince. Among them were nuns Anne-Marie Dorcelus and Agnès Bordeau, priests Michel Briand, Evens Joseph, Jean-Nicaise Millien, Joël Thomas and Hugues Baptiste and three relatives of another priest. Briand was identified as French.
Kidnappers in Haiti release 9 people including priests, nuns
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