Pedophiles have volunteered at church youth groups, worked as camp counselors, coached youth athletic teams and more. Though the number of pedophiles is unknown, from the amount of pedophile-oriented pornographic material on the internet it can only be assumed that there are more pedophiles than current estimates suggest. An individual does not necessarily have to molest children to be diagnosed a pedophile. The term is a medical diagnosis applied to adults who have these abnormal sexual desires and urges. Delaplane and Delaplane describe one particularly disturbing aspect of some pedophiles.
Single mothers are particularly vulnerable to the designs of the pedophile.
This person will offer to be a friend to the child participating in sports, taking on hiking trips, etc. The fixated pedophile is 'very good' to the child as one might expect in pursuing a sexual experience. 10 Pedophiles will go so far as to date or marry a single mother to gain access to her children. Law Enforcement Officers Investigating Cases of Child Sexual Exploitation , from The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.