You are too right. I whole heartedly agree that each and every person who is ever allowed access to children in a church, or church group, or as a teacher must have a strict background check.
NO ACCEPTIONS. I even believe they should be doing so for Sunday schools, and for church nurseries.
Pedophiles target churches because they so easily act like children at heart to lure children in.
I worked in a church years ago and there was a deacon and wife who had many foster children. He turned out to be a pedophile. He is still serving time for the multiple children he molested. A few years after I left, they hired a pastor when the senior pastor went elsewhere and THAT guy ended up involved with some sort of scandal involving a young woman - at least not a child - but still!
I agree with you. Predators will always gravitate to any sort of position or situation where they might be able to gain ground. Sadly, many Christians are very naive about this. These predators can talk a good game and appear to be decent when they are nothing of the kind.