[GladesGuru]

If you will read my posted question, I did not inquire as to the legal issue, I asked about hard data.

Just in case this escaped your notice, many laws do not reflect reality, and all too many contradict reality.

Are you aware you are assuming I should share your conflating law with science?

[Durus]

I think that anyone that requires sourced data to determine if molesting children is harmful isn't really looking for the "truth". Were it a male adult molesting a male child would you ask this question? If it were a male adult and a female minor would you ask this question?

For all intents and purposes, regardless of the sexes of the perpetrator and the victim, it is rape of a minor child. If you need scientific evidence to prove that raping a child is harmful not only are you asking the wrong question, you have serious issues.