The second woman to publicly accuse Alice Munro91裸聊视频檚 late husband of targeting her sexually when she was a child says she hopes her story will encourage parents to believe their children.

Jane Morrey was nine years old when she says Gerald Fremlin exposed himself to her while he was staying at her family91裸聊视频檚 Toronto home, several years before he married Munro. Fifty-five years later, she was inspired to speak publicly about it for the first time after learning that Fremlin had later sexually abused one of Munro91裸聊视频檚 daughters, Andrea Robin Skinner, when she, too, was nine.

Morrey, 64, says her experience was profoundly different from Skinner91裸聊视频檚. Last month, Skinner described in an essay for the Toronto Star how for years after Fremlin assaulted her, she was sent back to her mother91裸聊视频檚 home every summer and continued to be abused by him. Her mother91裸聊视频檚 decision to stay with Fremlin after learning of the sexual abuse has tarnished the legacy of one of Canada91裸聊视频檚 most celebrated authors. Munro died in May, aged 92.

When Fremlin targeted Morrey, she said, her mother threw him out of the house immediately, and Morrey never saw him again until she was an adult. Looking back now, she said she doesn91裸聊视频檛 feel 91裸聊视频減articularly traumatized91裸聊视频� by the incident.

91裸聊视频淚 never grew up feeling like I did something wrong, ever,91裸聊视频� she said in a phone interview on Monday. 91裸聊视频淚 felt like I was completely vindicated, because I was believed, instantly.91裸聊视频�

Morrey, who first told her story to the Toronto Star, hopes her decision to speak out will help other parents understand how important it is to act decisively. 91裸聊视频淎side from Alice Munro91裸聊视频檚 fame, aside from everything, if something happens and your child tells you, then believe them and act accordingly,91裸聊视频� she said.

It was only after Skinner91裸聊视频檚 essay was published that it became known Fremlin, who died in 2013 at the age of 88, had pleaded guilty in 2005 to indecently assaulting his stepdaughter.

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Fremlin was a close family friend of Morrey91裸聊视频檚 parents. They had attended the University of Western Ontario together, along with Alice and Jim Munro, who would become the author91裸聊视频檚 first husband and the father of her three daughters, including Andrea.

Morrey91裸聊视频檚 older sister, Marianne Webb, said Fremlin visited their family often, and she doesn91裸聊视频檛 remember a time when he wasn91裸聊视频檛 friends with her parents. She said he never acted inappropriately toward her, and she remembers being 91裸聊视频渒ind of jealous91裸聊视频� that he would send her little sister postcards from his travels around the world. Now, she sees the behaviour as 91裸聊视频渟ubtle grooming.91裸聊视频�

Morrey, who is seven years younger than Webb, said she loved getting postcards, gifts and attention from Fremlin and saw him as something of an uncle.

Then, when Fremlin was visiting in 1969, nine-year-old Morrey went into his room one morning to ask what he wanted for breakfast. She said he threw his blanket off and exposed himself to her. Shocked, she left the room and began making oatmeal.

She said Fremlin then followed her to the kitchen and told her, 91裸聊视频淚 shouldn91裸聊视频檛 have flashed my c91裸聊视频攌 at you.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檇 never heard adults talk that way or use that kind of word,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淢y parents were very clinical about stuff.91裸聊视频�

But Fremlin went on, she remembers. 91裸聊视频淭hen he said, 91裸聊视频極K, so you got to see me. Maybe you91裸聊视频檇 like to show me yours.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

At that point, Morrey said, she left the room and woke up her mother to tell her what had happened. 91裸聊视频淢y mother went berserk when I told her,91裸聊视频� she said, and immediately got the girls to leave the house. Webb said they waited at the end of the street until they saw Fremlin91裸聊视频檚 car drive off.

When they got back, Morrey said, her parents told her Fremlin was never coming back to the house. After that, 91裸聊视频渢hey just didn91裸聊视频檛 speak of it again,91裸聊视频� she said.

Morrey didn91裸聊视频檛 see Fremlin again until nearly two decades later, at a 1986 launch for one of Munro91裸聊视频檚 books. Munro and Fremlin had married 10 years earlier. 91裸聊视频淚 went up to him and I said, 91裸聊视频榊ou probably don91裸聊视频檛 recognize me but I91裸聊视频檓 Jane Webb,91裸聊视频� and he just looked terrified,91裸聊视频� she said.

She didn91裸聊视频檛 confront him about the incident from her childhood, but she wanted to scare him. 91裸聊视频淗e scared me when I was little and I wanted to look him in the eye and watch him squirm. I wanted him to worry about what I might do or say,91裸聊视频� she said in an email. 91裸聊视频淚 guess I wanted to show him that he wasn91裸聊视频檛 the only person with power.91裸聊视频�

Morrey has not spoken with Skinner, who was assaulted by Fremlin in 1976, several years after Morrey says he targeted her. But Morrey said she always wondered whether Fremlin had other victims, and whether anything might have happened with any of Munro91裸聊视频檚 daughters. 91裸聊视频淚t was always kind of in the back of my mind, but I never really thought about it very much at all until (Skinner91裸聊视频檚) article,91裸聊视频� she said.

Now, she hopes other potential victims will feel safe enough to come forward. 91裸聊视频淎s victims, there91裸聊视频檚 no shame in it,91裸聊视频� she said.

Years after the incident, when Morrey was an adult, her mother struck up a new friendship with Fremlin. At that point, she said, her relationship with her mother was strained and she never confronted her about the friendship, which was short-lived. Webb also suspects their father quietly maintained a friendship with Munro91裸聊视频檚 husband. Both her parents have since died.

91裸聊视频淭he real enigma was how my parents recognized that he was a predator who needed to be kept away from their daughter and yet continued to enjoy his friendship,91裸聊视频� Morrey said by email. 91裸聊视频淗ow he found a wife and at least two friends who could knowingly ignore his abhorrent and criminal behaviour is truly mind-boggling.91裸聊视频�

Ultimately, though, she91裸聊视频檚 grateful to her mother for doing 91裸聊视频渢he right thing in the moment,91裸聊视频� especially when she contrasts her experience with Skinner91裸聊视频檚.

91裸聊视频淭hat was probably the most important thing she ever did for me,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淭he confidence that it gives you in being believed is so important.91裸聊视频�

Maura Forrest, The Canadian Press