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In a ruling released last month, McArthur found that the organization had not obtained the consent of the two men and had no authority to collect their personal information. The two men are not identified.

McArthur dismissed the claim by Surrey Creep Catcher that they were acting as journalists and should be exempt from the applicable law and ordered that the videos and online communications be destroyed by Sept. 6.

In his petition, LaForge says that the commissioner was wrong to characterize Surrey Creep Catcher as an organization since it has no defined structure or internal rules.

He says the group is an “ad hoc movement” of like-minded citizens dedicated to ensuring that individuals who expressed an interest in luring girls and boys for sexual purposes are exposed and hopefully charged and convicted.

Regarding the claims by LaForge that the group was engaged in journalism, McArthur found that there was no fair attempt to describe or analyze the facts or to provide opinion or debate and that the purpose of the exercise was instead entrapment.

But LaForge insisted that the group was fulfilling an important public service and at no time was there any expectation of privacy for the complainants.

“In any way, shape or form you want to look at, it’s journalism,” he said Wednesday. “There’s an epidemic going around. Pedophilia has been going on since the beginning of time and we’re just shedding light on it.”

While he’s hopeful a judge will quash the order, he added that he would give a judge the same defiant message if the petition is turned down.