Unfortunately, pedophiles can be created by sexual abuse/torture, something which the CIA/MKULTRA clearly understood. NOT every child who is sexually abused will become a pedophile, but some will. Studies seem to show that pedophiles have NO sexual-orientation.

In order to protect children every family needs to know that our sexual abusers of children are MALES. Even right wing women's groups agree with that. But they are heterosexual males in the main. Don't know what the estimate is on pedophiles in our society, but I've read that it's a rather small percentage (when CIA isn't involved) and generally attributed to childhood sexual abuse. But even when sexual abuse is eliminated as a cause, researchers do find that at least one will show up. I've come to question whether circumcision -- which I think started as religious ritual -- may be a cause of it?? More men have to begin to protect their sons from the pain and lasting impact of circumcision. And more Mothers have to realize that they have to play a larger role in protecting their newborn sons from circumcision. Our pediatricians also have to be challenged on circumcision which continues to be proscribed as beneficial to health!

Coming back to the question of who sexually abuses children, heterosexual males are 100X more likely to sexually abuse a child than a homosexual male. Homosexual males seek relationships with other adult males according to studies.

When heterosexual males are involved in sexual abuse of children, it is being referred to as "situational" pedophilia.

Here's one of the studies on this issue --

A 1998 Study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that 90% of pedophiles are men, and 95% of these individuals are heterosexual.

Research has indicated that gay men and lesbians are less likely than heterosexual to sexually abuse children.

Perhaps the most egregious and damaging claim promulgated by anti-gay groups is the claim that homosexuality is intrinsically linked to pedophilia and child sexual abuse.

The social science research on sexual orientation and child sexual abuse clearly disproves the claim that homosexuals are more likely to molest children. A 1998 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that 90% of pedophiles are men, and 95% of these individuals are heterosexual. One researcher explained this statistic by noting, "Gay men desire consensual sexual relations with other adult men. Pedophiles are usually adult men who are sexually attracted to pre-pubescent children. They are rarely sexually attracted to other adults. In fact, research has indicated that gay men and lesbians are LESS likely than heterosexuals to sexually abuse children. Two studies that examined the sexual orientation of convicted child molesters found that less than 1% in one study and 0% in the other were lesbian or gay. One psychologist reviewed the existing social science literature on the relationship between sexuality and child sexual abuse and found that "a gay man is no more likely than a straight man to perpetrate sexual activity with children." Further, "cases of perpetration of sexual behavior with a pre-pubescent child by an adult lesbian are virtually nonexistent."

See: Focus on the Facts" -- Sean Cahill, PH.D, 2004 Also : The right-wing "Family Research Council" notes/confirms findings that "almost all child sexual abuse is committed by men."