27236: Wharram (news) Director of Episcopal Institute in Haiti Killed (fwd)

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	Updated: Sunday, 15 January 2006, 15:06 (GMT)

Director of Episcopal Institute in Haiti Killed
The director of an Episcopal business and technological college in Haiti has
been killed.
Posted: Sunday, January 15 , 2006, 8:51 (UK)
The director of the Bishop Tharp Institute of Business and Technology (BTI),
built by the Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD), in Haiti has been shot
and killed in Pétion-Ville, just outside Port au Prince.

Haitian police said they were still investigating the circumstances
surrounding the death of Edward Emmanuel Corneille, who became director of
the BTI in Les Cayes in February 2004.

The business institute was developed by the ERD in partnership with the
Episcopal Diocese of Haiti and finally opened in October 2005.

According to reports, Corneille was involved in the campaign of Charles
Henry Baker, a presidential candidate.

Bishop Jean Zaché Duracin of Haiti said in statement on the killing of the
BTI director: ?It is obvious that rampant violence and unrest has become a
daily reality that threatens all of us living in Haiti," he said.

It is obvious that rampant violence and unrest has become a daily reality
that threatens all of us living in Haiti.
Bishop Jean Zaché Duracin of Haiti
"Since BTI's opening, the institute has been seen as a symbol of hope for
Les Cayes and the southern part of Haiti -- with Emmanuel there was hope."

According to reports, the police have registered at least 27 murders and 43
kidnappings in Haiti?s capital Port au Prince in the short period between
12th December 2005 and 3rd January 2006.

The death of the BTI director has come as a great shock to the ERD.

"This is disheartening for the BTI community, the Diocese of Haiti, and
ERD," said Abagail Nelson of the ERD. "Emmanuel was a charismatic leader who
will be sorely missed."

Corneille played a central role in the final phases of building and opening
the institute. He also helped recruit more than 120 students to the new
Institute.

?Our thoughts and prayers are with Emmanuel?s family,? said Nelson.





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