As Haiti’s Suffering Deepens, Four Kidnapped Religious Men and a Teacher Released in Port-Au-Prince; Two Brothers of the Sacred Heart Still Held Capti

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As Haiti reels under a state of emergency amid gang violence threating to bring down the government, the Haitian province of the Congregation of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart announced on Monday that five of the seven people kidnapped just over two weeks ago in Port-au-Prince have been released by their kidnappers.

Two Brothers of the Sacred Heart still held captive​

They include four members of the religious Congregation and a teacher. "The struggle is not over, because Brothers Pierre Isaac Valmeus and Adam Montclaison Marius are still held captive,” said a press statement shared with SIR news agency.

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