WATCH | Munro's daughter speaks out: Alice Munro’s daughter speaks out about sexual abuse by stepfather Duration 2:36 In a newspaper column, Andrea Robin Skinner tells her story of suffering sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather, Munro's second husband. Munro's fans expressed shock and horror when Skinner spoke out about the sexual abuse weeks later in a Toronto Star column. Sex abuse allegations against Alice Munro’s husband highlighted the reality that abusers are often protected. The store announced last month it will donate all future proceeds from the sale of Alice Munro titles to organizations supporting survivors of sexual abuse. While some have described the silence around the abuse as a uniquely Canadian problem, Ware sees it as a "terrible, almost universal truth" that people tend to hide stories around sexual abuse.

Source: CBC News August 03, 2024 22:42 UTC