Late Canadian author Alice Munro allegedly 'chose to stay with, and protect' husband Gerald Fremlin, who pleaded guilty to 'indecently assaulting' her daughter.
Canadian author Alice Munro established a celebrated and award-winning career with her short stories. However, more than a month after Munro's death, her estranged daughter says that the writer failed to acknowledge one key narrative: Her second husband was a child sex abuser. Andrea Robin Skinner, one of Munro's three daughters with ex-husband James Munro, revealed in an opinion column for the Toronto Star published Sunday that she was sexually abused by her stepfather, Gerald Fremlin.
After her revelation, Skinner said, Fremlin allegedly threatened her not to seek help from police, wrote letters to her family and blamed her for the abuse, describing her as a 'homewrecker.' Despite the threats, Munro reunited with Fremlin, Skinner said. Skinner said she finally brought her complaint to police when she was 38. Fremlin was charged in 2005 with 'indecently assaulting' her in the summer of 1976.
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