Turning a blind eye: Revered author Munro ignored her husband’s sexual abuse of her daughter

The shocking revelation that celebrated Canadian author Alice Munro remained married to her second husband, Gerald Fremlin, despite her daughter divulging that he sexually assaulted her does not surprise many of those who support sex abuse victims.

“It didn’t come as a shock to me because it’s so, so common,” said Jessica Samaroo, a former Connecticut resident who works with sexual trauma victims. “This is just like the common story I hear all the time. In a lot of cases, the mother stays.” Read more Read more