Boston Reverend Michel Louis And Others Released By Egyptian Captors

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July 16, 2012

Rev. Michel Louis was abducted in Egypt on Friday, along with Lisa Alphonse of Everett and their tour guide. (Photo courtesy of the Louis family)

Family and parishioners of a Dorchester minister are celebrating today after kidnappers in Egypt released the Reverend Michel Lewis, who has been held since this past weekend.

Reverend Lewis was leading a group of Boston churchgoers in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula this past week, when he and Lissa Alphonse of Everett were taken hostage by a Bedouin. The kidnapper had demanded that his uncle be released from an Egyptian prison. But news of Lewis and Alphonese's release came early this afternoon.

Guests:

Rev. Jean Louis, Lewis' son and pastor at the Free Pentecostal Church of God

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This segment aired on July 16, 2012.