A Prince Edward Island man currently serving the final weeks of a 14-year sentence for a brutal rape is fighting a proposed condition that he not be allowed to move to Whitehorse following his release.

Thane Moore, 42, is set to be released on Sept. 16 after serving his full sentence for convictions of aggravated sexual assault, being unlawfully at large and two counts of breaching probation in 1993.

He's agreed to a number of conditions proposed by Charlottetwon RCMP under a section of the Criminal Code which allows a year of conditions to be placed on those being released if there's reasonable grounds for fear. But Moore is fighting the proposal that he not be permitted to reside in Whitehorse, it was confirmed this morning by Valerie Kilfoil, director of communications for Justice and Consumer Affairs in New Brunswick.

The Sept. 6 court hearing on the residency condition is being held in St. Stephen, N.B.

Kilfoil noted the other one-year conditions which Moore agreed to are not being released publicly. The residency condition is because it is before the courts, she explained.

Richard Meredith, regional crown prosecutor in the Yukon, declined to comment about why the residency proposal to prevent the P.E.I. man from moving to Whitehorse was put forward.

National Parole Board decisions for Moore since 2005 note he is assessed at a high risk to reoffend sexually and violently even though he has participated in sexual offender programming.

'While some limited progress has been noted through programming in the last year, the board is very concerned by reports that you continue to display increased hostility towards women, that is, members of Correctional Service of Canada staff,' reads the most recent decision, dated June 12. 'You have engaged in the habit of writing inappropriate and unwanted letters to a number of women in recent years. More recently you have continued to write using very inappropriate language and abusive language abut Correctional Service of Canada female staff, which raises significant concerns on the part of your case management team that you continue to lack insight into your offending.'

A report in 2005 also makes note of inappropriate letters Moore sent to women.

It also pointed to the severe bodily and prolonged psychological harm his victim experienced.

In 1993, Moore hitched a drive on the island from a 21-year-old woman he didn't know. He attacked her, raping, punching, kicking and choking the woman who was hospitalized for five days following the attack, the parole board decision notes.

In addition to her face being extremely bruised and swollen, one of the woman's eardrums was pierced and she required stitches from the corner of her mouth to her right ear, it's noted.