Haiti: Two nuns killed in street gang attack

2 Catholic sisters killed in Haiti gang violence

Two members of the Little Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus were among those killed earlier this week by armed gang members in the central Haiti city of Mirebalais.

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Haiti: Two nuns killed in street gang attack

Two nuns are among the five people killed in an attack by a coalition of street gangs on Mirabalais in response to the attempt by the Transitional Council to retake control of the town. Read all

Two nuns among several killed in Haiti’s gang riot

PORT AU PRINCE – Two nuns were among several people killed when an armed gang ran riot near Haitian capital Port au Prince on Monday, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Port au Prince, Max Leroy Mésidor, has confirmed.The nuns belonging to the Order of Saint Teresa have been identified as Evanette Onezaire and Jeanne Voltaire and their deaths come as the Vivre Ensemble coalition, a group uniting the country’s most powerful gangs, launched an offensi…

The Conference of the Mexican Episcopate (CEM) expressed its strong condemnation and indignation at the cowardly murder of the sisters Jeanne Voltaire and Evanette Onezaire, nuns belonging to the Congregation of the Little Sisters of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus, committed by armed groups on April 1, 2025 in the town of Mirebalais, Central Department of Haiti. Due to these events, in which two lay collaborators were also killed, the Bishops o…

The national secretary of the Organization of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Deligne Ascención Burgos, said this Friday that the murder of two nuns this week in Haiti, as a result of the violent and uncontrolled actions of Haitian gangs, as well as the intensification of the crisis in the neighboring country, must strengthen the unity of the Dominican people. The leader pointed out that the environment of violence in Haiti aggravates inse…