The priest at Hamilton's French-language Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours church grew up in the area of southwest Haiti that was devastated Saturday by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake. Lourdy Dorismond, the priest at Hamilton’s French-language Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours church, grew up in the area of southwest Haiti devastated by the earthquake on Saturday. He went to high school in Les Cayes, and has watched the images of destruction there with deep sadness. She said although she is from Saint-Marc, about 90 kilometres north of Port-au-Prince and further away from Les Cayes, it doesn't lessen her grief over the devastation. Jean-Carme Dorcent, a member of the Haitian Association of Hamilton, hasn't been able to reach friends from nursing school in Les Cayes since Saturday's earthquake.

Source: CBC News August 18, 2021 16:15 UTC