No one is without sin, not even you. Christ, who is sinless, acts through the sinful priest, not vice versa.
And since you raised the topic of pedophilia, you may want to consider the following before pointing fingers of blame on future threads.
Protestant Church Insurers Handle 260 Plus Sex Abuse Cases A Year
Christ is not free to indwell the sinful priest until the sinful priest returns to God, confesses his sins, known and unknown, and then resides in fellowship with God the Holy Spirit, who provides the temple for the indwelling of Christ.
So the question remains regarding the ability of a sinful priest who isn’t in fellowship to forgive the sins of others.
WRT the Protestant denominations, they don’t pretend the pastor-teacher has a role as confessor, but instead recognize the royal family provided by God for each and every believer as a priest to God the Father, through the High Priest, Christ Jesus.
Everyone is without sin and no one needs a church to know it.
Especially one that would seek to justify its mistaken behavior through comparison.