THE president of a bikie club targeted by a special police taskforce has lashed out at the government's plans to criminalise motorcycle clubs, asking whether the Catholic Church will be a deemed a ''criminal organisation'' due to child abuse by priests.

Ronny Harding, president of the Wangaratta-based Tramps Motorcycle Club, told a gathering of bikies, their friends and family on Saturday night that the laws will be an assault on Victorians' human rights.

Members of the Tramps Motorcycle Club based in Wangaratta.

Police from the Echo taskforce confiscated registered guns from Mr Harding and eight other club members in August after the Chief Commissioner declared they were not fit and proper to hold a firearms licence.

The club members have appealed against the decision and are waiting to see whether the Chief Commissioner reverses it. It is expected they will find out this week.