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2026-10-07 · Aljazeera

Former Catholic bishop sentenced for abusing indigenous men in Australia

A former Roman Catholic bishop has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison for sexually abusing two young indigenous men in Western Australia. Seventy-six year old Christopher Saunders was sentenced by the District Court of Western Australia and showed no reaction during Wednesday’s sentencing hearing. In August, a court found Saunders guilty of one count of sexual penetration without consent and 12 counts of indecent assault. The offences took place between 2010 and 2019 when he was bishop of Broome, a remote diocese in northwestern Australia.

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