Eight people, including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child, remained missing on Monday after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti, the latest attack in an area controlled by a powerful collection of armed gangs.

Gena Heraty, the facility's director, was among several people taken from the privately run Sainte-Hélène orphanage in Kenscoff, near Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, during the early hours of Sunday morning, according to mayor Massillon Jean.

Gena Heraty was among several people -- including a three-year-old child -- taken in the early hours of Aug. 3 after gunmen breached the Saint-Hélène orphanage in Kenscoff, near Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince.