Allegations of Misconduct
In 2004, Harris was dismissed from his post after he admitted that he had paid for sex with a 19 year old man. This young man had, as a child, been a resident of Casa Alianza until 2002. Harris stated he resigned from Casa Alianza in order to spend more time with his family. Casa Alianza's parent organization Covenant House stated he was actually dismissed. In 2004, Harris said that he would cooperate with the Honduran prosecutors investigating Harris for allegations of sexual misconduct with children. In 2005 the case was dropped because the prosecutors could not determine if any crimes had been committed, and found no evidence that Harris had abused children while they were at Casa Alianza in Honduras.
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