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Four months after 41-year-old Michael Michaud pleaded guilty to nine sex-related charges involving at least six boys ages 5 to 11 in various regions of the province, including St. Polycarpe, St. Clet and Île Perrot, police are now seeking the public’s help in connecting Michaud to other potential victims.

On Monday, Montreal police and the Sûreté du Québec issued a joint public alert, saying they strongly believe Michaud abused more victims.

On March 28, he appeared before a Quebec Court judge to plead guilty to charges of production and distribution of child pornography, sexual touching and invitation to sexual touching, and voyeurism.

“We have strong reasons to believe that Michael Michaud probably has more victims,” the statement said, adding that both the SQ and Montreal police have spent the past several months investigating Michaud.

Michaud, who police say was offering babysitting and mentoring services to families of young children, allegedly sexually assaulted several young boys over the last 10 years. According to the charges, Michaud assaulted his victims and filmed the sex acts.

Police allege Michaud’s crimes occurred between 2011 and 2024 in various municipalities in the Greater Montreal region, and that Michaud befriended families with young children, offering them babysitting or mentoring services. It was when he was alone with the children that he allegedly committed acts of a sexual nature on them, police said.

Michaud first appeared on the Montreal police’s radar in 2002, when he was investigated, but later was cleared of sexual assault involving a child. Last October, police released several photos of Michaud, going back to 2002. He was arrested in November 2023.

Evidence presented in court included more than 45,000 photos and 11,000 videos of boys between the ages of two months and eight years being sexually assaulted.

Police are urging the public to call 911 or Info-Crime Montreal at 514-393-1133 or by visiting infocrimemontreal.ca