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Disgraced former Bishop of Broome learns fate over sex offences

The jury found he groomed the men with alcohol, money and cigarettes before sentencing him to 6 years and 6 months in prison.

Summary by 7NEWS Australia
The 76-year-old groomed and abused victims in WA’s Kimberley region, when he was one of the country’s most senior Catholic figures.

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Ex-bishop jailed for abusing vulnerable young men

An ex-Catholic bishop will spend at least four and a half years in prison for sexually abusing young Indigenous men.

·Osborne Park, Australia
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Disgraced former Bishop of Broome learns fate over sex offences

The 76-year-old groomed and abused victims in WA’s Kimberley region, when he was one of the country’s most senior Catholic figures.

·Australia
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Australia’s most senior Catholic convicted of sexual abuse jailed for more than six years

Christopher Alan Saunders, 76, appeared in WA District Court on Wednesday after he was found guilty by a jury on 13 charges including unlawful and indecent assault and penetration without consent in August.

·North Sydney, Australia
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The West AustralianThe West Australian
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Disgraced former Bishop learns fate for vile sex offences

Disgraced former bishop Christopher Saunders has been jailed for grooming and molesting two young Aboriginal men more than a decade ago.

·Osborne Park, Australia
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Breaking: Former Broome bishop jailed for sexually abusing young men

Once one of the most senior and long-serving Catholic clerics in the country, Christopher Saunders is sentenced to six and a half years in prison for sex offences against two young men.

·Ultimo, Australia
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ABC Australia broke the news in Ultimo, Australia on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
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