{"id":1630250,"date":"2022-09-01T23:18:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T03:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1630250"},"modified":"2022-09-01T23:19:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T03:19:36","slug":"new-orleans-nun-in-her-80s-found-alive-after-gunmen-in-west-africa-kidnapped-her-5-months-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-orleans-nun-in-her-80s-found-alive-after-gunmen-in-west-africa-kidnapped-her-5-months-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans Nun In Her 80s Found Alive After Gunmen In West Africa Kidnapped Her 5 Months Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-orleans-nun-in-her-80s-found-alive-after-gunmen-in-west-africa-kidnapped-her-5-months-ago%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1630250&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/new-orleans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Orleans<\/a> Archbishop announced Wednesday that an 83-year-old Louisiana nun captured by a group of gunmen five months ago while living and working in a West African country had been found.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sister Suellen Theresa Tennyson, a member of the Marianites of Holy Cross in Lousiana, was kidnapped from her bed at a mission site in Yalgo, Burkina Faso, a landlocked country between Ghana and Niger, on April 4, 2022. Tennyson\u2019s abduction put her on the most wanted <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBIMostWanted\/status\/1547686656672641027\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">list<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0from the FBI.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The New Orleans Advocate\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/news\/crime_police\/article_e50eae84-28a3-11ed-af14-d7577ad2a0aa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">reported<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0that a letter sent to Marianites of Holy Cross members Tuesday \u2014 and confirmed by the order\u2019s U.S. congregational leader, Sister Ann Lacour \u2014 states that Tennyson is alive and under U.S. protection in Niamey, the capital of Niger. Tennyson has requested to maintain privacy and to return home safely.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">New Orleans Catholic Archbishop Gregory Aymond said in a statement to\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wwltv.com\/article\/news\/local\/new-orleans-nun-kidnapped-africa-found-safe\/289-f313bf69-f2a4-4ee0-b52f-278c0489af2e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWLTV<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0that congregational members are \u201cdeeply grateful to God, and to the women and men who made this possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe safe return of Sister Suellen Tennyson, MSC is an answer to our most heartfelt prayers,\u201d Aymond said. \u201cWe thank God that she is safe and that she has been returned to the care of those that love her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In an interview with the Clarion Herald, Lacour said Tennyson detailed her kidnapping on the phone.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">During the midnight hours, Tennyson reportedly was kidnapped barefoot when about ten armed gunmen burst into the convent, where she had worked for 10 years in the medical clinic.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lacour said when Tennyson served as a pastoral minister, she would \u201cwipe tears, give hugs, [and] import a smile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cShe really did support the people that work in the clinic that the parish runs,\u201d she said, adding that locals would walk for miles seeking help from the clinic.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The abductors ransacked the living quarters and kidnapped her while leaving behind her glasses, blood pressure medicine, and two other Marianite sisters.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThey destroyed almost everything in the house, shot holes in the new truck, and tried to burn it,\u201d Lacour said. \u201cThe house itself is OK, but its contents are ruined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The two other Marianites at the convent in Yalgo \u2013 Sister Pauline Drouin, a Canadian, and Sister Pascaline Tougma, a Burkinab\u00e9 \u2014 had few details to share surrounding the abduction, but said they believed more men were on the road at the time.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pauline and Pascaline contacted both the U.S. Embassy in Burkina Faso and the U.S. State Department, and were relocated by authorities to Kaya, Burkina Faso \u2014 about 70 miles from the convent in Yalgo. Church officials also contacted the apostolic nuncios to the U.S., Burkina Faso, France, the Vatican\u2019s secretary of state, and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Authorities said Tennyson\u2019s case was \u201ca high priority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe don\u2019t know who it was that abducted her, but we know that there are various gangs throughout Mali and Burkina Faso trying to capture those that they feel like they can barter for in some fashion,\u201d Lacour told\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wwltv.com\/article\/news\/local\/new-orleans-nun-kidnapped-africa-found-safe\/289-f313bf69-f2a4-4ee0-b52f-278c0489af2e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWLTV<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Local media\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/africa-religion-crime-niger-louisiana-5fd8ecdd8f9ebd21efd21f6ef4b464bf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">reports<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> that Burkina Faso ranks as one of the 10 countries in the Sahel region of Africa that have been under violent political uprisings with jihadi extremist groups fueling armed groups to attack civilians.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lacour said the captors released Tennyson to the U.S. Military in Niger on August 29.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cShe\u2019s totally worn out,\u201d Sister Ann said. \u201cI told her how much people love her, and she doesn\u2019t have anything to worry about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI told her, \u2018you are alive and safe,\u2019\u201d she added. \u201cThat\u2019s all that matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The details on why she was released have not been made public.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FBI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FBI<\/a> seeks information about Suellen Theresa Tennyson, an American citizen &#038; Nun living &#038; working in Burkina Faso, who was kidnapped by armed gunmen in Yalgo, Burkina Faso, on April 4, 2022, &#038; may potentially be located in Burkina Faso, Mali, or Niger: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rdmBFW15RP\">https:\/\/t.co\/rdmBFW15RP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jwM27eIluC\">pic.twitter.com\/jwM27eIluC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FBI Most Wanted (@FBIMostWanted) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBIMostWanted\/status\/1547686656672641027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2022<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New Orleans Archbishop announced Wednesday that an 83-year-old Louisiana nun captured by a group of gunmen five months ago while living and working in a West African country had been found. 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