How do people know he was made an example of and anyway what is wrong with that?
If a person is in a position of trust, power or control over others (teachers, police officers, MPs etc) then it comes with the territory, you abuse that trust and position and break the law, you will always get a harsher punishment because you should have known better.
Anyway, was he not happily married so shouldn't have been looking elsewhere (now there's an opinion that I'm sure will create reasoned debate, speculation and opposing opinions

)