ITT: Your best friend confesses that he is a pedophile

Viani

what is your reaction?

Odradek

Is this a hypothetical question?

I'd advice him to seek psychiatric help.

Ace Rimmer

Make his life a misery?

Justice4243

The depends on if these are just feelings he wants to work out or if he's acted on these impulses. 

Viani

if he wants to work out these feelings, how would you react?

if he's acted on these impulses, how would you react?

Is this a hypothetical question?

For the sake of discussion evasion, yes it's hypothetical.

Justice4243

"if he wants to work out these feelings, how would you react?"

Make sure he seeks psychiatric help.

"if he's acted on these impulses, how would you react?"

Call the fucking cops.

Ace Rimmer

Is murder a viable option?

Justice4243

It depends on how much you like covering up such crimes or possibly going to prison for such crimes, but presumably, anything within the realm of what a human can accomplish is an option.

Icalasari

if he wants to work out these feelings, how would you react?

I'd support him

if he's acted on these impulses, how would you react?

I'd beat him to a pulp and call the cops, claiming he tried to run away and go after my sister

Imipolex G

Pretty much what everybody else said.

Wants to work it out: psychiatric help

Acted on it: cops tiem

Misery

Call the police and send him to prison.

Gelzo

My reaction would probably be along the lines of "Wow, that's heavy. Sucks, bro."

If he ever acted on it, I really imagine that he'd be repentant.

I have a couple other friends who are great guys within the group, but they're kind of towards the sketchy end of things. I guess in that case... I wouldn't really want to be the only one responsible for making the call to snitch, I guess I'd want to discuss it with the group of friends.

I'd be more comfortable going about it if there was some sort of evidence available. Like, if we knew the kid and they would testify.