The kidnapping was confirmed by Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos, NPH International, in a statement on its website and its Haiti affiliate. NPH was founded by Father William Wasson, a Catholic priest, to serve vulnerable children.

The family of an Irish woman kidnapped from an orphanage in Haiti has said they are "absolutely devastated" and described the situation as "deeply worrying". Gena Heraty, the facility's director, was among several people taken in Kenscoff,