Radio Taiwan International
Date: 17 April, 2019
By: Paula Chao
After more than half a century of dedication to Taiwan, French priest Yves Moal is still at
French priest Yves Moal
it. The Catholic priest has been working hard to open a center for the physically and mentally challenged. The project has finally borne fruit, opening just weeks ago.
French priest Yves Moal was just 25 when he came to Taiwan. He has spent decades of his life preaching and helping the needy in eastern Taiwan’s Hualien County. He is now 78.
In 1999, Father Moal took over a care center for the physically and mentally challenged. Over time, the residents aged, and Father Moal came to see the need for a new kind of facility- one built specifically with the needs of those over age 45 in mind.
Thanks to his fund-raising efforts, the new center was completed in early April.
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