Personal Life and Career
Harris grew up in Dorset, and after high school he joined the conservative musical group Up with People serving as an emcee from 1975 until 1980. After returning to school with a major in International Studies, he joined Save the Children as a volunteer, and in 1989 he became the head of Covenant House's Latin American operations as executive director of Casa Alianza.
In 1993 he had to flee with his family from Guatemala when bullets were fired at the office where he worked after his investigations led to criminal proceedings being brought against police officers for the torture of street children.
In 1998, he was tried and acquitted after charges of defamation, libel and slander were brought against him by an attorney for the Defenders Association of Adoption, María Susana Luarca Saracho because of his claims about irregular adoptions in Guatemala. In 2000, Costa Rican president Miguel Angel Rodríguez accused him of plotting to damage that nation's reputation regarding its alleged child sex trade. He spoke in support of a class action lawsuit against the government of Guatemala seeking damages for alleged state sponsored genocide.
Harris' profile at speaktruth.org states that his work led to 392 criminal prosecutions of alleged crimes involving children. Most of these prosecutions occurred subsequent to Harris having filed denunciations (complaints) of child "sexual abuse."
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