Sisters Evanette Onezaire and Jeanne Voltaire were executed by gangs who stormed a building in Mirebalais. (Photo credit: Shalom World News)
HAITI – Two Catholic nuns were murdered in Mirebalais, central Haiti, as armed gangs overran the city in a wave of violence that also freed more than 500 inmates from a local prison.
The victims, Sister Evanette Onezaire and Sister Jeanne Voltaire, were members of the Little Sisters of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus congregation of nuns. Archbishop Max Leroy Mésidor of Port-au-Prince confirmed their deaths, calling it “a huge loss for the community.”
According to local reports, the nuns were working at a school in Mirebalais when they sought refuge in a home during the gang attacks. However, gunmen stormed the building and executed everyone inside, including a young girl.
Their deaths add to a grim list of attacks on religious figures, including the 2022 assassination of Sister Luisa Dell’Orto and the January 2024 abduction of six nuns, who were later released.
The attack Monday was part of a broader assault by the Viv Ansanm gang coalition, which targeted police stations, businesses, and the Mirebalais Civil Prison. Witnesses described the city as a war zone. Armed gangs also attacked the Mirebalais University Hospital, threatening medical staff and patients. The facility, one of Haiti’s most modern hospitals, serves hundreds daily. Police have yet to give the official death toll or a full assessment of the destruction caused. (La Croix International)
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