Graham Greene calling Shirley Temple a sexpot

Ive had Greene's biography Ways of Escape sitting on the bookshelf for a few weeks since picking it up in a bargain bin. It's an interesting read in many ways and I certainly didn't expect to be shocked. But I was. Greene wrote a review of a Shirley Temple movie when she was eight years old in which he described her "well shaped and desireable ltle body" being admired by middle-aged men and members of the clergy. It seems he then fled to Mexico under threat of being sued by 20th Century Fox. One can only imagine the reaction now. Does this detract from his reputation? It doesnt seem to have but it makes me think twice about his work now.