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What is pedophilic disorder?
Pedophilic disorder is classified as a type of paraphilic disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), the primary diagnostic tool of mental health professionals in the United States.

Paraphilic disorders are intense, recurrent urges, fantasies, or behaviors that:

lead someone to feel distress about their interest (not merely distress resulting from society’s disapproval)
include a sexual desire or behavior that involves another person’s psychological distress, injury, or death
include a desire for sexual behavior involving unwilling persons or persons unable to give legal consent
Living with pedophilic disorder isn’t your choice. Some causes may include poor adult social development, past personal abuse, or brain abnormalities.

Is it a sexual orientation?
“It is important for people to understand that there are many stereotypes about pedophiles that we need to debunk,” explains Dr. Thomas Plante, a psychology professor at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. “Most people think of creepy and disheveled strangers that snatch innocent children off the streets.”

If you’re living with pedophilic disorder, you may feel aroused by children, but you’ll also feel extreme distress at the same time. This can stop you from participating in events or daily routines. You often have a sense of anxiety and guilt.

For these reasons, pedophilic disorder is not a sexual orientation. As a type of paraphilic disorder, it’s a condition that causes impairment or distress for the person living with it.

Pedophilic sexual orientation, on the other hand, involves the absence of anxiety, shame, or guilt at being sexually attracted to children.

[Source]
https://psychcentral.com/disorders/pedophilic-disorder-symptoms#what-is-it