Editing Pedophilia (section)

{{Mature}}[[File:Stop_Pedophilia.jpeg|thumb]]{{Quote|Pedophiles must be excluded from any possibility of access to young people, because we know this is an illness where free will does not work. We must protect these people against themselves.|[[wikipedia:Pope Benedict XVI|Pope Benedict XVI]].}}{{Important}}'''Pedophilia''' is a psychological disorder in which an adult or old adolescent is sexually attracted to underage children, although the condition itself is not a crime if not acted upon. This sexual deviancy is reviled by society and becomes a serious crime only if acted upon (via inappropriate handling of a minor, child [[rape]] or the consumption or creation of [[child pornography]]).

In order for one to qualify as a pedophile, one must be 16 years or older (or sometimes 18 years or older), be attracted to one who is 13 years or younger, and have the age margin between the pedophile and minor be greater than five years. The attraction to young minors also must be either primary or exclusive.

There is also no denying a strong link with pedophilia and other sexual disorders and many pedophiles have become involved in extreme cases of [[Child Abuse|child abuse]] and [[Child murder|murder]], with the most vicious even engaging in [[torture]] and mind-games, [[kidnapping]], imprisonment, violence and [[murder]]. Not all pedophiles are criminal and/or immoral, however.