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Article: Romania may decriminalize consensual incest
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
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- March 22, 2009
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BUCHAREST, Romania - Surprising as it may seem, incest is not
always a crime in Europe.
Three European Union nations - France, Spain and Portugal - do
not prosecute consenting adults for incest, and Romania is
considering following suit.
The shocking case of Austrian Josef Fritzl, found guilty last
week of holding his daughter captive for 24 years and fathering her
seven children, has focused new attention on incest - which is a
crime in itself in Austria even if the acts are consensual. But in
the Fritzl case it was in connection with rape, homicide and other
charges that led to a sentence of life in a secure psychiatric ward.
Laws exempting parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters from ...