From here:

In a recent parliamentary session on a bill relating to sexual offenses against children, psychology experts claimed that pedophilia is a “sexual orientation” comparable to homosexuality or heterosexuality, a definition that was questioned by one Member of Parliament who was present.

Bill C-54, an Act to Amend the Criminal Code, seeks to increase or impose mandatory minimum penalties or punishment on sexual offenders of children for particular crimes.

Parliamentary discussion on February 14 centered on the mandatory minimum imprisonment and how offenders respond to treatment.  Dr. Vernon Quinsey and Dr. Hubert Van Gijseghem, experts on the issue, were called to witness.

“When we speak of therapy or when individuals get therapy and we feel as though everyone is pacified, the good news is often illusory,” said Van Gijseghem, psychologist and retired professor of the University of Montreal.

“Pedophiles are not simply people who commit a small offence from time to time but rather are grappling with what is equivalent to a sexual orientation just like another individual may be grappling with heterosexuality or even homosexuality,” emphasized Van Gijseghem.

Although this opinion was voiced sooner than expected, I knew it was only a matter of time.

Making paedophilia a sexual orientation prepares the ground for the next step: declaring that the impulse to have sex with children is a morally neutral one.

Since no sane moral framework would ever condone the active expression of a paedophile’s impulse, it’s difficult to see the impulse itself as anything other than wrong.

The same could be said for homosexual inclinations, of course, and that is why the Anglican Church has laboured mightily to convince its flock that there is at least one outlet for homosexual activity that is not wrong: a monogamous, civilly married same-sex partnership.