[HPforGrownups] Harry's Godfather

[djtarb at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 29549

In a message dated Wed, 21 Nov 2001  9:35:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, laurence59 at yahoo.com writes:

> A I have just said in my previous post, Harry should have gone to 
> live with his godfather, Sirius, when his parents were killed. When 
> Hagrid had been asked by Dumbledore to collect Harry, Sirius hadn't 
> commited any crime. So why didn't Dumbledore send Harry to live with 
> Sirius?
> 

Because everyone (including Dumbledore) thought Sirius had been the Potters' secret-keeper; ergo, to them, he was also their betrayer.  Would you hand over their child to the man you thought had turned them over to Voldemort?

Diane in Philly