Field Marshal William Joseph "Bill" Slim

Field Marshal William Joseph "Bill" Slim, 1st Viscount Slim KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, KSt, one of the UK war heros has been accused of child abuse.  One slight problem, the poor man died in Dec 1970.
Why people would make allegations of child abuse now 44 years after the man died is baffling, the only logical reason I can think of is money. 
Lets be honest if you or I were abused we'd make a complaint at the time, if not at the time certainly when we were old enough to make the complaint on our own, I doubt any normal person would wait until they were in their 50's and the abuser had been dead for 44 years.  The only possible reason is cash, the issue is now the man accused isn't around to defend himself. 
It's time this sort of nonsense was stopped, in my opinion if people didn't report the crime at the time (or within a reasonable time after) it should now be ignored.  How can it possibly be investigated properly now? And in any event the man accused should have his side of the story told, and a chance to defend himself properly in court.  No chance of that now 44 years after his death