What if you were a pedophile? Is that something that can be helped? Does that make it ok if you have no control over it?
First of all, we start breaking down what actual pedophile means:
The broader and 'ufficial' terms is: 'Pedohebephilia' and is devided in:
Infantophilia -> sexual preference for toddlers and infants (generally under 5 y/o)
Pedophilia -> sexual preference for PRE-PUBESCENT child
Hebephilia -> sexual preference for PUBESCENT
Ephebophilia -> sexual preference for POST-Pubescent
All of those imply sexual preference for a minor (under age of 18)
In the USA and some others country, often people mix all of them in an hot mess and group as 'pedophile' one who have sex with a 16 y/o without considering Her/his growth phase.
The first two, infantophilia and pedophilia are the worst because child of that age/growth do not feel the same sexual urges of adolescent and adults and their body is not developed enough to have safe sexual encounters.
If someone drop in this kind of definition, must not be persecuted if he/she never acted against anyone, but must be followed with a psychological help and often medicine to manage libido to prevent the act. If we shame people to hide until they no longer can control their urge, we are not doing anyone a favour.
The others two are less problematic, medically speaking, because often their body and mind is prone and ready to have sexual encounters, and the problem is just of the society, that's why in europe most country have a 14 y/o age of consent while the USA has an 18 y/o one. So if someone has a sexual preference like that, if the partner gave consent, there is nothing bad in consuming a relationship.