[HPforGrownups] Re: Pettigrew was Potter's Secretkeeper...

[J]

No: HPFGUIDX 161100

Jeremiah wrote:
As far as posts saying "but Hagrid and Dumbledore and everyone else
knowing..." wouldn't it make sense that members of the Order would
have been told the Secret by Pettigrew? They were in on the Secret
and could do their business. <snip>

Beatrice added:

hmmm... but if Peter revealed the location of James and Lily to the members of the Order, wouldn't they know that Peter was the Potter's secret keeper, not Sirius? Or would the Order members simply allow Sirius to rot in Azkaban for 12 years while they celebrated Voldemort's vanquishment?

ibchawz responds:

I think the list of people that were informed of the secret by Peter Pettigrew was very limited. Obviously, Peter told Voldemort. <snip>It is possible that Sirius Black knew the secret. I think it is safe to assume that he was informed of the secret by Peter. <snip> I think the list of people that were not told the secret was a lot longer. During this time, Order members suspected each of of being Voldemort's spy. <snip> Dumbledore was not in on the secret. He gave testimony to the Ministry of Magic that Sirius Black had been the secret keeper.<snip> IMO, the logical conclusion is that the secret was broken either by  Peter's infidelity or by the destruction of the object of the secret 
(James and Lily or the house). 

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Jeremiah:

You're right. There seems to have been a lot of confusion and with the threat of death I'm sure there would have been a very short list of people who knew. Hence the mistake on Dumbledore's part testifying that Sirius was the Secret Keeper. Thanks ibchawz. 

So, (for those of you who are not "over" this discussion or are unwilling to simply delete these posts... like I do to all the discussions I'm not interrested in but not so wholy sure of myself to write that they are pointless and absolutely resolved) it is believed that some sort of Fidelius charm was used on Peter? I'm not sure about that. I don't know if there would have been one placed on him. But the destruction of the site placed under the magic to keep it secret seems to be the viable option. However, I'm still not toatally convinced of it. But it would explain it.

Regardless of the fact that JKR has a lot to wrap up, I remember reading on her sit e that she discovered there was a lot more to explain than she had origionally thought. Maybe this is one of them and as I'd posted previously: This may never be fully explained.

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