Heres my experience with a “non-offending pedophile”
He was firmly of the belief that he was okay even if a pedophile, because he never would have non-consensual sex. He said it was arbitrary to say that children can’t consent, especially given historical context of age gap marriages (read: I am using an archaic and universally viewed as horrible institution as justification for my perversions), and that he would only do anything with a kid that asked him or that he knew was comfortable with it, and he would never pressure it.
He told me the same things. That he wouldn’t pressure me, only do things I was comfortable with. But he didn’t. Once he had an ounce of power over me, he pressured me into doing sexual things with him I didn’t want. He pressured me to let him hit me, abuse me. He said he thought it was obvious I was okay with this, because I still thought I loved him. He knew I was desperate enough and so starved of attention and so lonely that I would latch onto anyone that gave me any time of day. He used that against me.
And I know he would do the same for any child. I know he would see one thing of a child showing any level of interest, and exploit it, take advantage of them, and rape them. He worked at a childrens water park. He works currently at a Boy Scout Summer Camp. A non-offending pedophile is a ticking timebomb, a monster to be stopped before it does anything.