Word: anglicanism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...still missing in Lebanon to win freedom, and there were hopes Thomas Sutherland might soon be next. Jacobsen's release followed a period of intense and secretive negotiations between officials of Islamic Jihad (Holy War), a shadowy terrorist organization known to be holding at least two other Americans, and Anglican Envoy Terry Waite, the Englishman who had helped win the freedom of two American churchmen who had been held captive in Lebanon, one 13 months ago, one as recently as four months...
...toyed from time to time with the idea of being ordained, but so far he has decided to remain a layman. Nonetheless, his career has almost always been in church affairs. After studying theology at London's Church Army College, he worked as a lay training adviser to the Anglican Bishop of Bristol. In 1968 he headed for Uganda to become an adviser to the local archbishop. Even then his life was infected with a dash of danger. In 1971 he and his wife Frances, who have three daughters and a son, were held at gunpoint for some hours during...
...months later, Waite began the shuttle diplomacy between London and Beirut that would earn him the nickname of the "Anglican Henry Kissinger." Last November and December he visited Lebanon three times to negotiate for the release of four American hostages held by Muslim extremists. Waite was in Jordan last July when one of them, Father Lawrence Jenco, was released, leading to speculation that the stocky envoy had once again had a hand in the affair. But Waite's appeals on behalf of two French captives and the remaining U.S. hostages, whose number in recent months has grown to seven, went...
...release of Jacobsen took place as a result of indirect U.S.-Iranian negotiations which were conducted through a third party as well as negotiations between [Anglican church envoy] Terry Waite and circles close to the kidnappers," unidentified sources were quoted as telling Al-Qabas...
...Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite flew in from Cyprus, met with Jacobsen, then told The Associated Press in a telephone interview, "David is well. He and I had a conversation together for some hours. He is looking forward to seeing his family and friends...