I'm actually going with the take that the pedo thing was just part of that, and that it was (and is)a global compromat network where having all the members be rich and involved in various horrendous crimes -with evidence - was the common feature that allows it be controlled and directed.
I'm sure there are some "friends" Epstein that aren't horrible pedos, but probably only because they were involved in some other horrible thing he had dirt on them for
Honestly religion in the last century has been more "Jesus' teachings versus the people who claim to be his followers or representatives"