Your friend tells you they're a paedophile

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There is a general problem with going and telling people that your friend told you they are a paedophile: they can simply deny it. That leaves you in a very sticky situation. No (moral) authorities can take any action on hearsay either. Back underground they go. Remember people need understanding and emotional support, as well as professional help.

I can understand withdrawal from paedophiles. I'm rather confused at some of the unreserved hatred shown here for someone who hasn't been shown to have done anything wrong. Someone who is trying to avoid doing something wrong by coming to you for help.

Peon: How do you propose we offer treatment and then lock them up when they're all scared into silence?

I don't understand the use of the word "acceptable" here. Such people exist, and do not choose to be that way, unlike drug addicts. You seem to be assuming the paedophile in question is acting on their urges somehow.

Question to all: If you're a paedophile reading this, and you see people saying "I don't accept you", what are you meant to take away from that? You should go and kill yourself? You should exile yourself? I don't get it.