The excerpts are from the book "The Devil in Pew Number Seven" by Rebecca N. Alonzo, providing a memoir of intense persecution and violence experienced by her family while her father served as a pastor in Sellerstown, North Carolina. The text details a multi-year campaign of harassment, including threatening phone calls, anonymous letters, burglaries, and multiple bombings, orchestrated by a disgruntled church member referred to as Mr. Watts in pew number seven and his associates. The narrative culminates in the horrific shooting of the author's parents by Harris Williams, which results in the death of her mother and severe injury to her father, chronicling the subsequent trauma, legal proceedings, and the author's journey toward faith-based forgiveness of her assailants.

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