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Lawrence Martin Jenco, OSM (27 November 1934 – 19 July 1996), was an American Catholic priest famous for being held hostage in Beirut, Lebanon by Islamic radicals. He was held captive for 564 days before being released and allowed to return to the United States .
22 de jul. de 1996 · The Rev. Lawrence Martin Jenco, the Roman Catholic priest who was held hostage in Lebanon by Islamic radicals for 18 months in the 1980's, died on Friday. He was 61. Father Jenco had been...
9 de ene. de 1985 · Witnesses said about eight men brandishing automatic rifles grabbed the priest, Lawrence Martin Jenco of Joliet, Ill., from his car as he was being driven to his relief offices in the mostly...
8 de ene. de 2021 · Father Lawrence Jenco was a Servite priest who was kidnapped and held captive by Islamic Jihad in Lebanon for 564 days in 1985. He shared his story of faith, hope and forgiveness in his book Bound to Forgive and in an interview with Jim Graves.
A Catholic priest who was held hostage by Shia Muslims in Beirut for 594 days in 1985-1986. He wrote a book about his captivity and forgiveness, and died of cancer in 1996.
20 de jul. de 1996 · CHICAGO — Father Lawrence Martin Jenco, the Roman Catholic priest held hostage in Lebanon by Islamic radicals for 18 months in the mid-1980s, died Friday of cancer. He was 61. Jenco had been...
20 de jul. de 1996 · Father Jenco was a Servite priest who worked for Catholic Relief Services in Lebanon when he was kidnapped by Islamic Jihad in 1985. He spent 594 days in captivity and wrote a book about his ordeal and forgiveness.
