An 83-year-old missionary nun from Louisiana has been launched practically 5 months after she was kidnapped from her mattress within the west African nation of Burkina Faso, in response to reviews from a number of information businesses.
A letter despatched to Marianites of Holy Cross mentioned Sister Suellen Tennyson was free and in U.S. palms in Niger's capital, Niamey, The Instances-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported. The newspaper mentioned it had obtained a duplicate of the letter and the order's U.S. congregational chief, Sister Ann Lacour, had confirmed Tennyson's launch.
"She is secure," Lacour instructed the Clarion Herald, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. "She is on American soil, however not in America. She is secure. She was recovered (Monday) morning. Now we have spoken to her. She ultimately will get again to america."
Sister Ann mentioned she had spoken with Sister Suellen by phone.
"We're grateful to God for the security of Sr Suellen," Archbishop Gregory Aymond mentioned in a Fb put up on Wednesday.
The archdiocese referred a name Wednesday to the Marianites' press workplace in Covington, Louisiana. Neither Lacour nor the press workplace instantly responded to requests for remark Wednesday from The Related Press or CBS Information.
Lacour mentioned in April that Tennyson was kidnapped in the midst of the night time April 4, in her pajamas and with out her glasses or blood strain drugs.
Niamey is about 160 miles west of Yalgo, the Burkina Faso city the place Tennyson was residing. She had labored in Burkina Faso since 2014.
Her kidnapping got here at a time of escalating violence and jihadi assaults in Burkina Faso.