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Kidnapped Irish missionary released in Haiti

September 01, 2025

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CWN Editor's Note: Gena Heraty, an Irish missionary in Haiti who was kidnapped on August 3, has been released from captivity.

Heraty, the director of Sainte-Hélène orphanage, was abducted along with seven colleagues and a child. They, too, have been released.

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