I kind of was tempted to troll but its still page 1 so I'll just play light Devils Advocate
Looking at Rotherham I do recall this scandal, right now the news is focused on the Royal Family and the lawsuit in the USA and this seems to be unconnected to Rotherham for now, but I would not be completely surprised to see connections made somehow to this. (don't think the House of windsor scandal and this are the same reference)
Either way this is going to get messier I bet there is some more skeletons in the closet
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/buckingham-palace-fights-back-in-prince-andrew-scandal/2015/01/06/ae8b3d46-95b2-11e4-8385-866293322c2f_story.htmlDevil mode
The reality of the matter is that one can argue from a variety of perspectives and say that the allure of youth is still great in society regardless of how much people stigmatize it and even with the legal rationale we have for it, human instinct remains in the human gene pool and it affects a lot of individuals, with celebrities, the social services the police and even members of the Royal Family people having sex with young males/females.
(Even the Ancient Romans and the teacher pupil relationships)
Even in legal ages it is not uncommon to see large age gaps of 30 years or more example Justin Trudeaus parents with pierre trudeau marrying a 22 year old, another PM's parents married at 16 so if anything these changes are more of a product of the modern society over the last 40 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_TrudeauIt's prevalent in our society even if its in the shadows and from another viewpoint considering the resistance to religion and morality, the acceptance of the LGBT/Gay community recently (Inter/Racial marriage a generation ago) and many of these societal changes this can be viewed as one of those thorns in peoples sides, considering that it may become so prevalent that even Pedophilia will become tolerated.
DA mode off
That said agree with the end comment in the article with a minor edit
Face it, the leaders of the Western world are sicker than you can possibly imagine. The U.S., France, Belgium, Portugal, the Netherlands -- take your pick are involved in things that they would rather keep secret, one of the allures of power is the ability to get away with things you usually could not whether it is sexual, political or power motivated human thoughts drive society one way or the other.