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Treating infidelity like an addiction but prosecuting it like a crime is insane.

No doubt most people should do more to talk about their problems, fears, etc, in their relationships. That's why the answer to 99.9% of the marriage problems in this forum is "See a marriage counselor immediately." Removing the stigma from admitting that we all have problems from time to time is a great idea that would probably result in more successful marriages. This is also why criminalizing it makes no sense.

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I don't know that it is "insane". Debateable but not insane.

Is child molestation not a crime? The perpetrator has urges that he/she takes out on a child. The impact of the assault is that the child will have psychological damage for his/her life. For that, the perpetrator should be punished. In infidelity, the betrayed spouse is also forever scarred. He/she has to deal with guilt, shame and inability to trust in the future. Just as a child of abuse cannot defend themselves, the betrayed spouse cannot defend themselves bc they are being misled by someone they thought they could trust. Also, often times children are affected by infidelity. I don't know if infidelity should really be a crime, but it's not a far stretch.