{"id":13283,"date":"2014-06-03T01:06:19","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T17:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=13283"},"modified":"2014-06-03T01:06:19","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T17:06:19","slug":"canadian-nun-happy-to-be-free-after-two-months-in-captivity-in-cameroon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/03\/canadian-nun-happy-to-be-free-after-two-months-in-captivity-in-cameroon\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian nun happy to be free after two months in captivity in Cameroon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13313\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/nun.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13313\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/nun.jpg\" alt=\"ShutterStock image\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/nun.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/nun-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ShutterStock image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MONTREAL &#8212; A Canadian nun who has been released after two months in captivity in Cameroon is happy to be free, her congregation said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Gilberte Bussiere, 74, and two Italian priests were kidnapped on April 5.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I spoke to Sister Gilberte this morning and her voice was strong and she was happy,&#8221; said Josephine Badali, leader of the Congregation de Notre-Dame.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She told me she had seen the doctor and from what we know at the moment, her health is good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bussiere, originally from Asbestos, Quebec was kidnapped along with Gianantonio Allegri and Giampaolo Marta.<\/p>\n<p>All three had been working as missionaries in Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She asked me to thank everyone who supported her and helped secure her freedom,&#8221; Badali told a news conference in Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>It is still unclear when Bussiere will return to Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Badali said Bussiere was to meet with the Cameroonian president on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL &#8212; A Canadian nun who has been released after two months in captivity in Cameroon is happy to be &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":13313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,18],"tags":[4428,4501],"class_list":["post-13283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ca","tag-cameroon","tag-canadian-nun","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}