I don’t read it as that, I just see catharsis as a way of demonstrating that it won’t drive people to perpetrate abuse, or act as a catalyst in the etiology of CSA perpetration (meaning it entranced the risk).
I don’t like how pedophilia/minor attraction is falsely pathologized and not distinguished from pedophilic disorder.
Even the DSM-5 and DSM-5-TR definitions of pedophilic disorder draw a line between PD and a “pedophilic sexual interest”, with the latter even going so far as to clarify that sexual preoccupation and personal engagement were not enough to qualify as diagnostic criteria.
If anyone is curious about this, I’ve posted about it here on the forum.
https://forum.prostasia.org/t/dsm-5-tr-definition-for-pedophilic-disorder-changes-and-commentary/