How do people justify abusing children?

All of the above is true. That is because they are PREDATORS they observe and take in everything about the victim,they take these facts to make themselves close like a kindred spirit to the victim, their likes are his likes, like looking in a mirror, sharing secrets, its all part of the manipulation and planing, these cons scheme their way into your life deceiving everyone, you thought you liked them loved them but you were USED you were duped, you loved an image they projected to entrap you. They not only molest the body the deceit is mind altering. They love no one but self everything is for self gratification without any conscience at all, in fact most would say "I'm a really good guy"---they may be when not molesting, but that is to prove to themselves what a "good person they are" You cannot "love" anyone and molest them, or someone they love.Taking away anothers innocence for self gratification is abominable, the victim never gets a chance to make a mature decision if they are a child.And it may well disturb them all their life that they were so used by another, so taken advantage of when they were to little to resist mentally or physically. So sad.