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February 2, 2016

Canadian nun tells of spiritual experience while captive in Cameroon

Notre Dame Sister Gilberte Bussiere, 76, was kidnapped in April 2014 in northern Cameroon, where she had been a missionary since 1979. She was released after two months and now lives in Montreal.

MONTREAL - Notre Dame Sister Gilberte Bussiere, 76, was kidnapped in the middle of the night in April 2014, in Tchere, a small hamlet in northern Cameroon.

Published in Canada
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