You would think he had been arrested for sexual misconduct the way this is being portrayed! All it takes is for someone to accuse you of a horrible deed and you must resign for some reason?!?!? This is crazy. Until the guy is arrested and brought to court, shove it!
In some remnants of the genteel society of the south, women of proper families were protected and sheltered from dalliance until marriage. To accomplish this, a man's sowing of wild oats elsewhere was not frowned upon. Maybe this archaic way of thinking has convinced Moore that in his own mind that he did no wrong and that that society of the time found the behavior as not criminal. Just a wild and crazy thought, but cotillions and vestiges of privilege of wealth still can be found.
Thank you! IMO, there should be a statue of limitation on "claims".