In Europe, the prevailing mood — at least among those with access to the news media — seemed to be that Mr. Polanski has already “atoned for the sins of his young years,” as Jacek Bromski, the chief of the Polish Filmmakers Association, put it.
..... Young Years?....... Pedophile Polanski was 44 years old when the crime took place!
and does this sick bastard have a pattern.... well let the forum discern this statement from an interiview with Nastassja Kinski
At a party in Munich, she met Roman Polanski. He was 42, she was 15. "It started out as a light romance," she recalls, "but he became demanding and possessive."
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/interview-nastassja-kinski--still-a-daddys-girl-1241160.html