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<blockquote>"Chelsey Goldsborough, who regularly babysat for the Harrises, said Mary was kept isolated from Annie and from the rest of the family. She was often confined for hours to her room, where she was monitored by a video camera. The reason: The Harrises believed the girls were possessed by demons and could communicate telepathically, Goldsborough said. Harris and his wife once hired specialists to perform an "exorcism" on the two sisters while she waited outside the house with the boys, she said."</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Chelsey Goldsborough, who regularly babysat for the Harrises, said Mary was kept isolated from Annie and from the rest of the family. She was often confined for hours to her room, where she was monitored by a video camera. The reason: The Harrises believed the girls were possessed by demons and could communicate telepathically, Goldsborough said. Harris and his wife once hired specialists to perform an "exorcism" on the two sisters while she waited outside the house with the boys, she said."</blockquote>

They had an [[exorcism]] performed, but then sent the girls to live with Eric Francis, a former employee, while the Harris family continued to receive adoption subsidies. Francis raped one of the girls, and was sentenced to forty years in prison.<ref name="casting out demons">{{cite web|url=http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/casting-out-demons-why-justin-harris-got-rid-of-kids-he-applied-pressure-to-adopt/Content?oid=3725371|title=Casting out demons: why Justin Harris got rid of kids he applied pressure to adopt|publisher=''The Arkansas Times''|accessdate=March 11, 2015}}</ref> Harris has stated that during the adoption process his wife was dying of [[pancreatic cancer]]. <ref name="usatoday.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/10/legislator-gives-away-adopted-girls/24733831 |title=Lawmaker defends giving away adopted girls|publisher=''USA Today''|accessdate=March 13, 2015}}</ref> However, Mylife.com reports that Marsha Harris, five years later as of September 2000, is still living.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/marsha-harris/mharris76|title=Marsha Harris|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 19, 2020}}</ref>

They had an [[exorcism]] performed, but then sent the girls to live with Eric Francis, a former employee, while the Harris family continued to receive adoption subsidies. Francis raped one of the girls, and was sentenced to forty years in prison.<ref name="casting out demons">{{cite web|url=http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/casting-out-demons-why-justin-harris-got-rid-of-kids-he-applied-pressure-to-adopt/Content?oid=3725371|title=Casting out demons: why Justin Harris got rid of kids he applied pressure to adopt|publisher=''The Arkansas Times''|accessdate=March 11, 2015}}</ref> Harris has stated that during the adoption process his wife was dying of pancreatic [[cancer]]. <ref name="usatoday.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/10/legislator-gives-away-adopted-girls/24733831 |title=Lawmaker defends giving away adopted girls|publisher=''USA Today''|accessdate=March 13, 2015}}</ref> However, Mylife.com reports that Marsha Harris, five years later as of September 2000, is still living.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/marsha-harris/mharris76|title=Marsha Harris|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 19, 2020}}</ref>

Harris and his family attend and are members of Cross Church of Northwest Arkansas, also known as the Church at Pinnacle Hills, whose pastor is [[Ronnie Floyd]], the 2014 president of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]. Cross Church is a [[Southern Baptist]] "mega-church".<ref name=harrisofwestfork/><ref name=votesmart/>

Harris and his family attend and are members of Cross Church of Northwest Arkansas, also known as the Church at Pinnacle Hills, whose pastor is [[Ronnie Floyd]], the 2014 president of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]. Cross Church is a [[Southern Baptist]] "mega-church".<ref name=harrisofwestfork/><ref name=votesmart/>