We are confused -- former Seventh Heaven star Stephen Collins says he's not a pedophile -- but he also said he's "inappropriately touched" young girls. Sounds like he's really splitting hairs here -- and we don't like it so much.

During a Yahoo! interview, the 67-year-old actor told Katie Couric that he was not a "pedophile" because, "A pedophile is someone who is mainly or wholly attracted to children. I'm not." He went on to say, "I had a distortion in my thinking where I acted out in those ways. But I'm absolutely not attracted, physically or sexually attracted to children. I'm just not."

Umm dude, you already admitted on tape that you molested three young girls -- that pretty much makes you a pedophile in our book! You say potato -- we say pedophile.

In October, Collins' sexual abuse was brought to light when TMZ published audio recordings that the actor's estranged wife, Faye Grant, secretly taped during a therapy session in which he confessed to abusing three young girls.

Couric's full interview airs tonight on 20/20 on ABC.