All of the Rolfes remember that Moore was dealing with some kind of personal crisis. In his biography, Moore says losing the circuit court contest was a “bitter political defeat” that had “broken [his] spirit” and left him with “nowhere to turn”. He decided to travel to Australia because he’d been unable to visit the country after his tour of Vietnam.

“I don’t know the [entire] story before us … what it was in his history that he’d had struggles with,” Doug Rolfe said.

The Rolfes believed Moore’s “struggles” related to his thwarted ambition, but the allegations that have surfaced against Moore recently paint a more disturbing picture about what his “struggles” may have been…

But in Australia, the Guardian did not find any reports of improper behaviour.