Lima, Peru, Nov 16, 2010 / 12:04 pm
The president of the Peruvian bishops' committee on the family has warned the country's Congress that lowering the age of sexual consent will turn Peru into a “sexual paradise” for tourists interested in child prostitution.
The Peruvian Congress is currently debating a measure that would lower the legal age of sexual consent from 18 to 14 years old.
Archbishop Jose Antonio Eguren of Piura, Peru called the proposal “absurd and purposeless.”
“What do we want? Do we want this number to go up? Do we want sexual relations among teens to increase and thus see a rise in the number of pregnancies among teen girls?” the archbishop asked.