On Sept. 12, SHARE removed a Level III sex offender from the Calvary Lutheran Shelter. The offender had been a member of the shelter since late August.

According to a SHARE representative, the individual was admitted to the shelter Aug. 20 after a screening process with another member of the shelter.

SHARE was made aware of the individual's status as a sex offender last Saturday, and individual and his belongings were removed the same day, according to the representative.

He said the Calvary Lutheran Shelter is working to improve their screening protocols.

SHARE does not conduct background criminal or sex offender checks on residents of its indoor shelters. Instead, members of the shelter screen prospective members.

Despite numerous requests from neighbors before the Calvary Lutheran Shelter moved into the vacant Calvary Lutheran Church building at 7002 23rd Ave. N.W., SHARE refused to conduct criminal and sex offender checks on its residents.

The SHARE representative said SHARE has notified Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church, which owns the Calvary Lutheran building, as well as the Calvary Interim Housing Task Force, a group of neighbors, shelter representatives and representatives from Our Redeemer's.

Their had been few, if any, problems with the shelter since it moved to Ballard from West Seattle. Neighbors of the shelter said they hardly noticed it, and the task force's monthly reports showed no major complaints regarding the shelter.

The 20-person shelter moved into the Calvary Lutheran building May 30. The next task force meeting is Oct. 1.