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We bought our house a year and a half ago and just found out last week from our neighbors across the road that our next door neighbor is a registered sex offender. 

The story goes that he was delivering papers during the winter and asked an elderly woman if he could come in and warm up. When she let him in he proceeded to rape and beat her and then tried to choke out her husband. The man is schizophrenic and was on medication but has stopped taking them. He has been walking over to my neighbors house and talking to her and her daughters so she called the police and that is how she found out about his history. The police has been coming around for the past 2 weeks checking up on him.

My wife is a stay at home mom and we have 3 preschool aged daughters that are home with her all day. Needless to say she is an emotional wreck and no longer feels safe in our home. I am totally distraught as well and feel helpless as to what I can do to protect my family and make them feel safe and secure again.

I called the police and they weren't able to give me information because of the laws protecting peoples privacy in Canada. I will be going down to the police station to get some advice later today.

Has anyone been in a similar situation that might have some advice? Are there any people in law enforcement in Canada that could offer advice on how we can verify the information given to us by our neighbor? Please help!
<bot>: Moved into new home, registered sex offender living next door. Not sure how to make my family feel safe again in our home.