A Catholic nun who went missing at the start of April has been found alive, according to her religious order.
Sister Suellen Tennyson, 83, had been kidnapped by gunmen on April 4 while she was in Yalgo, Burkina Faso, according to the FBI. As of Tuesday, she was alive and in U.S. hands in Niamey, the capital of the West African country Niger, according to the New Orleans-based Times-Picayune, citing a letter sent to Marianites of Holy Cross members.
“She’s totally worn out,” Sister Ann Lacour, U.S. congregational leader for the order, told Clarion Herald. “I told her how much people love her, and she doesn’t have anything to worry about. I told her, ‘You are alive and safe. That’s all that matters.’”
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Tennyson is awaiting a full health assessment, after which she will get to decide where she goes next, according to the letter.
On the night of her kidnapping, 10 armed men had raided the home that Tennyson was staying in, which she was sharing with two other nuns and two Burkinabe women. The other women were not harmed in the kidnapping, according to the Times-Picayune.
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Before traveling to Burkina Faso, Tennyson was a teacher and principal at elementary and high schools throughout Louisiana, per the report. In 2014, Tennyson decided to travel to Burkina Faso to serve and work with children after Bishop Thomas Kabore invited Marianite nuns to establish a parish in the country.
