I was very shocked to not only see the age in Germany but other places in Europe...Here's info on Germany:
The age of consent in Germany is 14, as long as a person over the age of 21 does not exploit a 14–15 year-old person's lack of capacity for sexual self-determination. In this rare and special case, a conviction on an individual over the age of 21 requires a complaint from the younger individual; being over 21 and engaging in sexual relations with a minor of that age does not constitute an offense in and of itself. Otherwise the age of consent is 14, although provisions protecting minors against coercion apply until the age of 18.
As specified by Sections 176 (Sexual abuse of children) and 182 (Sexual abuse of youths), which read:
§ 176: "(1) Whoever commits sexual acts on a person under fourteen (14) years of age (a child) or allows them to be committed on himself by the child, shall be punished by imprisonment from six months to ten years [...]"
§ 180: "(1) Whoever abets the commission of sexual acts of a person under sixteen years of age on or in front of a third person or sexual acts of a third person on a person under sixteen years of age:
1. by acting as an intermediary; or
2. by furnishing or creating an opportunity,
shall be punished with imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine. [...]
§ 182: "(2) A person over twenty-one years of age who abuses a person under sixteen years of age, in that he: 1. commits sexual acts on the person or allows them to be committed on himself by the person; or 2. induces the person to commit sexual acts on a third person or to allow them to be committed on the person by a third person, and thereby exploits the victim's lack of capacity for sexual self-determination, shall be punished with imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine. [..] the act shall only be prosecuted upon complaint, unless the prosecuting authority considers ex officio that it is required to enter the case because of the special public interest therein. [..] the court may dispense with punishment pursuant to these provisions if , in consideration of the conduct of the person against whom the act was directed, the wrongfulness of the act is slight."
Posted By: newbie1972
I probably would have done the same thing too............
BIELEFELD, Germany -- Police say a man became so outraged over his daughter's choice in men that he castrated her new boyfriend using a bread knife.
Helmut Seifert is facing attempted murder charges after allegedly castrated 57-year old Phillip Genscher for dating his teenage daughter, reports The Telegraph.
The father, a 47-year-old factory worker, had asked authorities in the town of Bielefeld to intervene, but the officers told him they had no authority over the girl.
Seifert then decided to take matters into his own hands, rounded up two of his work colleagues, and proceeded to the victim's house, says The Telegraph.
When they arrived, they forced Genscher to remove his trousers and then allegedly castrated him while he was fully conscious.
Police said the "severed testicles were taken away by the perpetrator."
Seifert told police: "I received a phone call anonymously that my daughter was involved with a guy 40 years older than her. You said you couldn't stop him - so I did....I saw it as my duty as a father."
According to The Telegraph, the vigilante has pleaded guilty and will stand trial for attempted murder sometime next year.
