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When University of Calgary student Leia Astorga-Hoffmann arrived for her class Wednesday afternoon, the first thing she noticed was a pair of campus security guards stationed outside the lecture hall.

It’s a math class she, earlier this week, discovered she shares with sex offender Connor Neurauter, a fact that has the second-year cellular biology student — herself a victim of childhood sexual abuse — demanding answers.

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“My first reaction was . . . do I have as much information as I can get?” she said, speaking with Postmedia on Wednesday.

“I don’t advocate witch hunts against people who are accused when there’s a process going on and haven’t been convicted, but to see that there’s this person who was convicted and due to start a jail sentence — I was furious.

“His presence changes the feeling of safety I had in the school.”

As reported by Postmedia on Monday, Neurauter was charged in 2016 with sexual interference and possession of child pornography in connection with an inappropriate relationship with a then-13-year-old B.C. girl, who attempted to conceal the abuse by threatening to send nude photos of the girl to family members.