Yes, and we should really be using much more direct and affecting terms like "child rapist" and "child sex trafficker" to describe people like the president. It's less euphemistic. Calling a person who has raped children a "pedophile" seems like minimization to me.

Absolutely.

Besides, I don't get why the correct terms like "child abuser/molester/rapist" are used so infrequently. They are strong enough and they represent the nature of a crime much better.

Exactly. Being attracted to children isn't something a person chooses. It's essentially a fetish, although one that no one should ever partake in. Anyone who wants to get help to make sure they never act on it should be able to, especially since a decent chunk were victims themselves.

But once they act on it, they're predators who need to be dealt with to the full extent of the law.

It's a diagnosis and there are clinical criteria. The term is used inaccurately more often then not. While colloquial and domain definitions often differ, I think I agree with the other commenter: the language people use should be more direct and visceral.