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The province of Ontario is reviewing its hiring process after a registered sex offender from Florida was given a job as a London probation and parole officer, The Free Press has learned.

Neither officials with Ontario’s Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services nor its civil service union would reveal details about the hiring.

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But they both acknowledge that something went awry at the London Core Probation and Parole office – where officers have access to confidential records of clients – and a review of the provincewide screening tool is needed.

“It would be inappropriate to speak to the particulars of this case as they involve confidential human resources matters,” ministry spokesperson Brent Ross wrote in an email.

“The ministry, however, recognizes that the process in this case did not identify the circumstances and we are performing the review to strengthen the process to help ensure that a similar situation does not occur.”