An adult who is sexually attracted to young children is a pedophile and even recently in Rome there seems to be some confusion regarding the truth in these matters. The Berlosconian culture seems to gravitate toward's child abuse and sexual promiscuity, all in my American Anglo-saxon humble oppinion, of course. In issues of child abuse and pedophilia, child psychologists know that this behavior is on a spectrum. Pedophiles often think that they have done nothing wrong because they claim to “love” children. Sometimes pedaphiles actually think they are doing the child a great service when they are in fact violating them. Pedaphile's don't have correct boundaries they often act like they really don't have a clue regarding boundaries, danger, or what is, or what is not in the child's best interest. Being clueless is not an acceptable excuse, however. One factor that works against the pedophile is that eventually the children will grow up and recall the events that occurred. on Child Abuse from Priest Born in Nazareth?