Scott W wrote:

I'm afraid that you are mistaken - anyone under the age of consent is
still a minor - whether they are teenagers or not...

In law enforcement, the term "pedophile" is generally used to describe
those accused or convicted of the sexual abuse of a minor (including
both prepubescent children and adolescent minors younger than the
local age of consent).[14]

OK, I'd understood that the term was limited to prepubescent children and
that a different term - which I forget - was used for adolescents under the
age of consent. I think I was assuming the legal definition would be the
same as the medical but should have known it wouldn't be so simple.

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Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman not newsboy