(Reuters) -An Irish missionary, a group of orphanage workers and a three-year-old boy have been released after being kidnapped on the outskirts of Haiti’s capital nearly a month ago, the orphanage said on Friday.

The kidnapping prompted worldwide appeals for the captives’ safe release after a gang raided the orphanage in Kenscoff, a neighborhood overlooking Port-au-Prince that has been the site of many gang attacks this year.

Irish missionary Gena Heraty led the special needs program at the orphanage, which is run by the NPH charity. The group did not identify the other victims of the kidnapping.

“We share with great relief and gratitude the news that Gena Heraty and those who were with her have been released, after being held against their will on August 3 in Kenscoff,” NPH said in a p

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