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June 2, 2014

Canadian sister released in Cameroon

Sr. Gilberte Bussiere, a member of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal, was freed June 1 after nearly two months of captivity.

VATICAN CITY - From Montreal to the Vatican, Cameroon to northern Italy, statements expressing “great joy” accompanied the news that a Canadian sister of Notre-Dame and two Italian missionary priests were released unharmed almost two months after being kidnapped in northern Cameroon.

Published in Canada
June 1, 2014

Kidnapped Canadian nun freed in Cameroon

Sr. Gilberte Bussiere, a member of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal, was freed June 1 after nearly two months of captivity.

A Canadian missionary nun taken hostage with two Italian priests in Cameroon has been freed.

Published in International
May 7, 2014

Cameroon bishops demand release of Canadian nun, Italian priests

Canadian Notre Dame Sister Gilberte Bussiere, pictured, and Frs. Gianantonio Allegri and Giampaolo Marta were seized at their parish in Tchere near Cameroon's border with Nigeria.

YAOUNDE, Cameroon - The Catholic bishops' conference of Cameroon has demanded the release of two Italian priests and a Canadian nun, a month after they were kidnapped by suspected Nigerian Islamists.

Published in Canada