The 1979 Constitution of Peru provides for freedom of conscience and free exercise of religion. There is no state church, but the Constitution expressly recognizes the Catholic Church as "an important element in the historic, cultural, and moral development of Peru. The State gives it its cooperation." The Constitution mandates ethical and civic training in schools and states that "religious training is provided without violating freedom of conscience, It is determined freely by heads of family."
The 1997 US State Department Report on Religious freedom says that conversion to other religions is respected and that missionaries are free to enter the country and proselytize.
Two terrorist groups who oppose religion, the Sendero Luminoso and Movimiento Revolucinario Tupac Amaru, threaten and intimidate religious workers. They have particularly targeted Mormon missionaries who work in the territories where they are active. Prior to 1996, 24 Mormon houses were bombed, several Mormon officials were murdered, officials of the Mormon church in Lima were threatened with death unless they handed over large amounts of money. Since 1996, the Mormons have not been targeted. They attribute this to the fact that SL is operating in a more limited area, and they are not sending missionaries to the highland areas in which the terrorist groups are most active.
2003 U.S. State Department International Religious Freedom Report on Peru
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