kidnapping
Prayer for kidnappers deeply rooted in mission group’s faith
By Peter Smith — October 28, 2021
The missionary group was kidnapped Oct. 16 while returning from a visit to an orphanage supported by Christian Aid Ministries. The 400 Mawozo gang has threatened to kill the 16 Americans and one Canadian if ransom demands aren’t met.
Efforts drag on to free 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti
By DÁnica Coto and Pierre-richard Luxama — October 20, 2021
The group seized includes five children aged from 8 months to 15 years, although authorities were not clear whether the ransom demand included them.
Christian Aid Ministries says 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti
By DÁnica Coto — October 17, 2021
The missionaries have ties to Christian Aid Ministries, which has ties to Amish, Mennonite, and other conservative Anabaptist groups.
Airman convicted of kidnapping, killing Mennonite teacher
By Felicia Fonseca — October 14, 2021
On Wednesday, a jury in Arizona found U.S. Air Force airman Mark Gooch guilty of kidnapping and first-degree murder in Sasha Krause’s killing.
Abducted Indian priest rescued in Yemen after 18 months
By Jerome Socolovsky — September 13, 2017
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Rev. Tom Uzhunnalil was abducted by militants in March 2016 when they attacked the home, killing 16 people, including four nuns.
Abductions of two priests in Congo a growing concern
By Yonat Shimron — July 25, 2017
(RNS) — Earlier this month, the Rev. Charles Kapasa and the Rev. Jean Pierre Akilimali were abducted from the Parish of Notre Dame in the Butembo-Beni Diocese. They have not been seen since.
Steven Spielberg movie to examine notorious Catholic kidnapping of Jewish boy
By Josephine McKenna — February 23, 2017
BOLOGNA, Italy (RNS) The film is certain to cast fresh light on this real-life drama about a 6-year-old forced from his family and raised as a Catholic with the blessing of Pope Pius IX. The child grew up to become a priest.
Nigerian cardinal escapes injury as attacks on clergy mount
By Fredrick Nzwili — May 4, 2016
(RNS) The attack on the cardinal comes amid increasing violence and kidnappings of clergy for ransom in the West African country.
Hope and frustration mark anniversary of Chibok kidnappings
By Fredrick Nzwili — April 12, 2016
(RNS) The abduction shocked the world and gave rise to the global online campaign #bringbackourgirls. Still, the majority of the girls have never been found.
Rabbi and two others convicted for torturing husbands in Jewish divorce scam
By MaryAnn Spoto — April 22, 2015
TRENTON, N.J. -- FBI agents secretly recorded conversations in which Rabbi Mendel Epstein boastfully claimed that his "team" kidnaps and beats husbands until they agree to give their wives religious divorces, known as gets.
Orthodox rabbis indicted in divorce shakedown scheme
By Richard Khavkine — May 23, 2014
TRENTON, N.J. (RNS) Four Orthodox rabbis implicated in a torture-for-hire operation were indicted Thursday (May 22).
Vatican calls for release of kidnapped Nigerian girls
By Josephine McKenna — May 8, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) “The denial of any kind of respect for life and for the dignity of human beings, even the most innocent, vulnerable and defenseless, calls for the strongest condemnation,” the Vatican's chief spokesman said.
Nigerian Christians begin three-day fast after schoolgirls kidnapped
By Fredrick Nzwili — April 22, 2014
(RNS) For five years, the Islamist insurgency known as Boko Haram has unleashed violence in northern Nigeria, but the girls’ abduction is viewed as the most terrifying so far.
Orthodox rabbis charged in Jewish divorce shakedown plot
By Ted Sherman — October 11, 2013
(RNS) According to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday (Oct. 10), the four are accused of charging families thousands of dollars to get recalcitrant husbands to agree to divorces, frequently by violent means.
Amish-Mennonite pastor convicted of abetting kidnapping
By Lauren Markoe — August 15, 2012
(RNS) A Vermont jury found an Amish-Mennonite pastor guilty Tuesday (Aug. 14) of abetting an international kidnapping to keep a child from her lesbian parent. By Lauren Markoe.
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