FREDERIC SERRE
The 1019 Report

A 41-year-old Montreal man arrested last July has 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.

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

Michaud, who police say was offering babysitting and mentoring services to 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 that Michaud’s crimes occurred between 2011 and 2024 in various municipalities in the Greater Montreal area, 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 will be sentenced in July.

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.