This kind of stuff has been going on for decades and forty or so years ago was not considered a crime. It was rather an ethics issue, unless of course the student was under the age of consent which was lower in many states than it is now.
A whole heck of a lot of teachers were given a letter of recommendation in exchange for a resignation. It was called “passing the trash”.
molesting children is okay??
Misusing public authority wass okay??
Hey, lets just legalize child molesting, its been going on for so long after all.