If a pedophile never acts on his urges, would he still be a terrible person?

Danielle93

Example:

He's a single man that never had a relationship nor date ever. He knows it's wrong, doesn't want to ruin a child's innocence, never acted on his urges, never downloaded anything and he even feels terrible to even fantasize about children (he hates himself), is he still a bad person?

He wouldn't be a child molester since he never acted on those urges. But he would be suffering from pedophilia. Is he still be a terrible person just for even seeing children as attractive, for even thinking about children?

Yes, he's still terrible just for even thinking about kids
No, if he never acted... no action, no crime
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2 mo
I think there are more cases like that, where they know it's sick and wrong but never act on those urges. But even thinking about it seems sick.
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2 mo
That man in the example is base on what my aunt told me. She knew a man like that. In the end he feel so guilty about those fantasies. He hated his life, hated what he was attracted too. One day he pulled the trigger, offing himself.
If a pedophile never acts on his urges, would he still be a terrible person?
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