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Interfaith Group

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Tue Feb 24, 2015, 12:46 PM Feb 2015

ROME (AP) — The Jesuit religious order says an Indian priest who was abducted in Afghanistan eight months ago has been released.

James Stapleton, a Jesuit Refugee Service spokesman in Rome, said the Rev. Alexis Prem Kumar was released on Sunday and has since returned to his native India.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/23/alexis-prem-kumar-released_n_6736610.html?utm_hp_ref=religion