Pedophiles have no interest in sexually mature persons of either sex, even adolescents. There were some pedophiles too, to be sure, but the Church is justified in controlling homosexual contamination of the priesthood without bringing the pedophiles into the discussion at all.
Homosexual activists routinely employ the accurate observation that most child molesters are heterosexual.
True, and most people who ride bicycles, eat hamburgers, and watch TV are also heterosexuals...simply because about 97% of the human population is comprised of individuals who engage in normal heterosexual sexual activity.
In fact, about 70% of all child molesting cases involve adults whose adult relationships are heterosexual, while only 30 percent of child molestation cases involves adults whose adult (or molesting) sexual activity is same-sex.
Now let that sink in a second, and do the math...
Three percent of the population responsible for a dramatically disproportionate 30% of all child molesting cases, while 97% of the population is responsible for a disproportionately low 70% of all child molesting.
Meaning, as a matter of simple mathematics, that individuals who engage in same-sex behavior with other adults are multiple times more likely to commit acts of child molesting...in fact, it figures out to about, whaddaya know, 10x more likely per capita.