Was Wormtail in the Order? (WAS: Re: Is Wormtail an Occlumens or an open book?)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 95265

vmonte asked:
Was Peter part of the Order?
 
Phyllis replied: 
Yes, he was - when Moody shows Harry the picture of the original 
Order of the Phoenix during the prefect celebration at Grimmauld 
Place, Peter is shown sitting between Lily and James (OoP, Chapter 9).
 
vmonte again:
Thanks Phyllis! I must read the scene again. I totally blanked that 
out!

Carol adds:
Also remember that, according to Sirius in PoA, Peter was a spy for LV
for about a year before Godric's Hollow. Probably it wasn't just the
Potters that he spied on and ultimately betrayed. LV and the Death
Eaters were "picking off the Order members one by one" (according to
Lupin in OoP, IIRC). How did LV know who the members were unless an
Order member had turned traitor and had given LV the names? Who else
could it be but Peter?

Carol