Pedophile....yes. Just because this teen is 15 yrs old, don't take it as an indicator of some older guy wanting puppy love with a teen. This guy is 50yrs old, married with kids and a job as a teacher.
He would risk his career, marriage, kids and a 6x9 cell for the next 15 years to life....he couldn't control his sexual urges. The guy is messed up in the noggin.
When all the details are revealed, this guy is a sexual predator and has done it before.
That is possible, but I can’t draw that conclusion from the available information. Up and until there is evidence that he has molested a preadolescent, I can’t call him a pedophile.
I agree that he is messed up in the noggin, but I can’t see into either his mind or his soul. What he did was bad enough. He abandoned his wife and family to run off with (or worse, kidnap and sexually enslave) a teenage girl. He should be judged on that action unless information on other crimes comes to light.