83-Year-Old Nun Taken Hostage Is Found

83-Year-Old Nun Recovered After Being Kidnapped

After being abducted at gunpoint in Burkina Faso earlier this year, an 83-year-old Louisiana nun has been located safe and sound.

Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy took to Facebook on Wednesday to share the “great news” that “Sister Suellen has been liberated.” It’s the answer to our prayers. relieved that she is safe.

On April 4, Sister Suellen Tennyson, a member of the Marianites of Holy Cross, was kidnapped by armed extremists in Burkina Faso. Tennyson was reportedly abducted from a nearby church during the night, along with her spectacles, shoes, and blood pressure medicine.

An online newsletter claimed that “around 10 guys” visited the convent while the nuns were asleep. Nearly everything was ruined in the house, and the new truck was riddled with bullet holes and set on fire in an unsuccessful attempt. The home itself is OK, but all of its belongings have been destroyed.

Nearly five months later, on Monday, the archdiocese’s newspaper, the Clarion Herald, reported that Tennyson had been “recovered.” Sister Ann Lacour is the U.S. congregational head of the Marianites of Holy Cross. And Lacour mentioned that she had a chat with the missionary.

“She’s completely exhausted,” Lacour said to the Clarion Herald. I reassured her that everyone cares about her and that she doesn’t need to worry. I reassured her that she would be well and that she was still alive. That’s the whole point,” she said.

Tennyson, it has been reported, is currently waiting for a comprehensive evaluation of his health.

NBC News’ requests for comment to the FBI and the U.S. embassy in Burkina Faso were ignored. It is unknown who seized the nun, but the area is home to various extremist factions with ties to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.

Lacour assured the Clarion Herald, “She is safe.” She’s physically in the United States, but she’s not really there. The situation is under control and she is secure. In the early hours of [Monday], she was found. To this end, we have already contacted her. She plans to return to the States in the future.