Top religious leaders in Haiti denounce kidnapping of nuns and demand government action
Port-au-Prince, Haiti AP The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince pleaded for the release of six nuns kidnapped last week and demanded that Haiti’s government crack down on gang violence, in a strongly worded letter released Monday. The Archdiocese, along with the Haitian Conference of the Religious, said in the letter that Haitians are tired of the “reign of terror” […]
Six nuns have been kidnapped in Haiti while they were travelling on a bus, religious leaders say
Port-au-Prince, Haiti AP Six nuns were kidnapped Friday in Haiti as they travelled on a bus through the capital, according to religious leaders. The nuns were accompanied by an undetermined number of unidentified people on the bus who also were kidnapped, according to a statement by the Haitian Conference of the Religious. It said the […]
Seven Catholic clergy, including two French citizens, kidnapped in Haiti
Port-au-PrinceReuters Five priests and two nuns were kidnapped in Haiti on Sunday, a Catholic priest said, with two French citizens among the hostages in the Caribbean nation increasingly riven by kidnappings and violent crime. The clergy members were kidnapped in the commune of Croix-des-Bouquets, northeast of the capital Port-au-Prince, said Father Gilbert Peltrop, secretary general […]