It's sick and I'm sorry to hear you had that kind of experience. But yes, it's hardly rare. Back in the 70s in England they used to refer to men who hit on underage teenage boys in parks, arcades etc. as simply 'homosexuals'. Now of course they rightfully demonise them as the 'paedophiles' they are.
I was reading a book recently about a teenage boy who came to London from Ireland and was raped by powerful pimps and then forced into the rent boy scene of 1970s Piccadilly Circus in London where they used to openly hang out. He became a favourite among many MPs, judges and other powerful aristocrats at the time, most of them married. There was a big paedophile ring in Thatcher's cabinet at the time and into the 80s, that included many spies also. He mentions most of these men's names and one of them is a judge was for years was being very lenient in court with sexual abusers. In fact, it's an ongoing scandal that seems to have been quietly 'buried' recently. The amount of perverts at the very top of English society in the 70/80s is shocking.
Just after his book came out a couple of years ago his house was raided, computers taken, he was arrested and he had a burglary where they took his safe that contained documents and photos that proves much of what he said. Every word of his book is true and many of the names are widely known to have been in an organisation called PIE (Paedophile Information Exchange) which back then were using their power and influence to get the age of consent abolished - and actually had a lot of loony left support, including politicians who are still on the scene now (though they recently apologised).
The book is called Playland by Anthony Daly. 'Playland' is the name of an amusement arcade of the same name that was near Piccadilly and run by the rich American who now owns SEGA. It was a hotbed of gay mafia-style criminality who had connections to the British government and were catering for their underage tastes. As I'm a Londoner I found it a fascinating subject, but of course a depressing story.