On the sickness…
I think we are looking at this like how we look at a game of gross-out. But… I don't think that's it. The pedo rings are just a thing they do - a sort of bread and circus.
Consider Ragyo Kiryuin from Kill La Kill versus Satsuki Kiryuin from the same. Compare this to the relationship between Makishima and Sibyl in Psychopass. "What is the matter… afraid to die after attaining the omniscience of God?"
Adopting their persona… I own not just your biggest corporations, but your money. I own your banks, land, governments, and courts. I can fuck your kid in front of you and nothing is going to happen to me.
The tides of human affairs are mine to command. You see what I want you to see and hear what I want you to hear. Your thoughts, your reactions - your very soul exists not just because of me, but for me. Having seen no other god to say otherwise, I am what gives you lowly apes purpose!
These people don't worship gods. That is absurd. They are the gods… the pantheon of false gods.