French after-school care worker sentenced to house arrest for abusing nine girls

A Paris after-school care employee, Michaël M., received a one-year house arrest and four-year suspended sentence for sexually abusing nine girls aged 5-10 between Sept 2022 and Jan 2024. He admitted the abuse, saying it must have happened 'if the children say so.' The case highlights judicial handling of child abuse in institutional settings, but its broader significance is limited to local justice matters.