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Fifteen men in all were charged in the investigation, and eight have since pleaded guilty to various charges filed against them.

Faivre’s trial is in its final stages before Quebec Court Judge Yvan Poulin. The undercover officer who infiltrated the group testified at length earlier this year. In order to protect his identity, the officer testified during hearings that were not accessible to the public, but transcripts of his testimony were recently made public.

The officer recounted a long series of meetings he had with Faivre and other members of the group throughout 2015, including Dave Turcotte, 39, the leader of a Boy Scout troop in St-Hilaire who was ordered to leave the group during the SQ investigation. The officer recounted how Turcotte invited him to become a monitor in his troop even though he had infiltrated the pedophile network by posing as a man who was attracted to 10-year-old boys.