>How do these fucking sickos keep getting into positions of power within any community they're a part of/society in general?
When you're in a position of power, normal sex becomes boring and vanilla, so you start looking for more hardcore stuff. Tell me, is there any sexual practice more taboo than having sex with underage girls/boys?
I'm sure most of these people aren't even pedophiles, they just get off to the thrill of doing something extremely forbbiden and illegal, and getting away with it.
That's also the reason why rich people join satanic cults and other obscure stuff. Humans are hardwired to seek things we don't have, and when you're rich and have everything, the only stuff left to obtain are the things forbbiden and illegal.