That's something he would have needed to work through with his therapist. It's not at all helpful to "save us" from having to face the consequences our own behavior because we might not be able to handle it at a particular point in time. How fair or helpful is it to think everything is ok and then be told, years later, that it wasn't? A good therapist does not handle things that way.
Consistent messages are extremely important in therapy. What's most important to consider is, what was CE told about his therapist's expectations of his behavior at the time? If a therapist says one thing but does another, we might as well not be in therapy at all because we can't trust someone whose expectations are unclear and inconsistent. If we're in therapy to understand ourselves and change problematic behaviors, how can we do that if a therapist tells us our behavior is acceptable but then some years later she decides to tell us it wasn't acceptable? What good is that information now?