How do I defend my boyfriend for statutory rape charges?
Wikipedia states. The original purpose of statutory rape laws was to protect young, unwed females from males who might take their virginity, impregnate them, and not take responsibility by marrying them. I am 17 years old, 18 in 6 months, my boyfriend of 8 months is 31, in short we were led to believe that we could legally be together, by counselors, lawyers, and cops. We called them all and established our relationship based on these lies. After falling in love and moving in together, we double checked the laws only to discover it wasn't legal for us to be together. I immediately returned to my house after his entire family came over to comfort us. I had to lie to my family, stating that I had immaturely run away rather than discovered it was not legal for us to be together. People are still finding out about us and I have to tell them that we are not together anymore simply to protect him, we plan on getting married someday but for now we can not be around each other to avoid more issues arising. How can I avoid having us reported, and if we are how can I keep him safe if we end up in court? A child resulting from sexual intercourse with a minor is living DNA proof of statutory rape, if I happened to get pregnant what is the statue of limitations in Canada? And how can I avoid having a child DNA tested?