Arkansas Republican gave adopted girls to rapist because they were ‘possessed by demons’: report

[DonViejo]

The story of Arkansas state Rep. Justin Harris (R) — whose family adopted a pair of girls then “re-homed” them to another household where one of the girls was raped — has taken a bizarre turn with allegations that the Harris family gave the girls up because they believed the children could communicate telepathically and were possessed by demons.

The Arkansas Times reported on Wednesday that sources close to the family dispute many of the assertions Harris and his wife Marsha made last Friday at a press conference at the Arkansas state capitol.

The Harrises said they were never made aware that the girls were violent or that they posed a risk to a household with other children. Rep. Harris claimed that the family received no aid from the Department of Human Services (DHS) and that when they attempted to make the agency aware of issues with the girls, they threatened to charge him with child abandonment.

A bevy of witnesses — including, the Times said, “two foster families who cared for the girls prior to the Harris adoption, the girls’ biological mother, a former DHS employee familiar with the proceedings and a former babysitter at the Harrises’ West Fork home” — dispute virtually every word of the Harrises’ account of the adoption and subsequent “re-homing” and rape.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/arkansas-republican-gave-adopted-girls-to-rapist-because-they-were-possessed-by-demons-report/

[hobbit709]

1. Guess who the demons were.

[strawberries]

2. oh well

then all is ok, makes perfect sense. Ya I would do that

Did I really need to put in the sarcasm?

[RKP5637]

3. Clearly the devil made them do it! What a freaky world we live in. n/t

[maxrandb]

4. Maybe Arkansas

should quit electing so many crazy asshats to represent them.

Between this guy and Tehran Tom, it's way past embarrassing.

Is there something in the water there?

[Hestia]

8. No, hampered by term limits. All the good/moderates from both parties have been term limited

out. Now we are stuck with the C Team because the A Team can no longer run or have passed away.

[Nay]

5. OK, so if I buy into their world view, the girls were possessed. Thus I must conclude

that their religion is too weak to remove demons from children, AND that they can't do the 'right' thing -- calling the Catholic Church, which has plenty of experience with demon possession -- so they pass the kids off to others.

NICE. Real courageous of you, assholes.

[Hekate]

6. This couple needs a stretch in prison. I read Wonkette's articles and this one...

I'm still trying to figure out if it was the 6 year old or the 4 year old who got raped.

These babies were 6, 4, and 2 years old. I'm sure they were challenging -- especially given their history. And now trauma has been piled on trauma.

God help those little girls find a loving home and peace.

[shanti]

7. "Rehoming" children?

Who does that?? That's what's done to animals, not humans! What a sick fugger!

[Hekate]

9. That hit me from the get-go. Dogs are rehomed. Not children. nt

[hifiguy]

10. There truly is no bottom to the barrel

of religulous stupidity, is there??

[hatrack]

11. "Demonic possession" - FUCKING SPARE ME YOUR BULLSHIT!!!!

But we have to "respect their beliefs", right?

Because they have a Get Out Of Thinking Free Card, right?

[hifiguy]

12. I wouldn't trust any cretin who believes in "demons"

to care for a cat, dog or goldfish, much less a child.

[Joe Johns]

13. Cue theme from "Deliverance"

What fucking nutbars!