It’s like watching someone burn their house down. Child = adult. Consensual = nonconconsensual. Rape = marriage.
I guess this world is all yours.
There simply isn’t enough information in this article for me.
Religion shouldn’t be a factor in this. It would depend on the nature of the contact and the ages of the two involved. It is possible that the missionary was treated more harshly because he was a representative of a religion. Perhaps if he was just an ordinary guy, nothing would have come of this.