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For the second time in less than a month, the president of the controversial Surrey Creep Catchers group is facing a defamation lawsuit.

In the latest case, Sean Smith, 48, of Campbell River, says that on Dec. 7 last year he posted a video on Facebook that was critical of the activities of creep catchers groups in general.

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The groups aim to entrap and shame people they allege are involved in soliciting sex from minors.

Smith, who describes himself as a social media consultant and educator, says that he did not refer to Ryan LaForge, the president of the Surrey group, or to his group in particular.

But shortly thereafter, LaForge published a series of posts on Facebook pages that he usually employed to “out” persons that his “sting” operations had supposedly revealed as child sexual predators, said Smith’s notice of civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court.

The defamatory posts and accompanying commentary identified the plaintiff as a child sexual predator, said the lawsuit.