Statute of limitations.
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“Statue of Limitations”
For what? At that time girls between 13 an 16 could marry with their mothers approval. Girls 16 and older could marry anyone.
So a profesional man asks if he can date a 14 year old, both mom and daughter agree, they fool around on a date, don’t have sex and stop seeing each other.
Accepted custom over there at that time. And not inmoral, at that time.
So what is the problem?