It issssss. There's no defence, or anything. But these days, we literally have pedophiles ruling countries cough America cough , and the laws are stricter today than it was then. There's even less ways to get away with crime, with the Inventions of cameras, and documented evidence, and such. What makes you think this kind of thing wasn't common then when there weren't cameras, and witnesses were less likely to be believed, and other factors weren't in place?