Ex-Broome Bishop Sentenced to 6.5 Years for Sex Offences

Former Broome Catholic bishop Christopher Alan Saunders, 76, received six years and six months for 13 sex crimes against two young Aboriginal men from 2008 to 2019. A Western Australia District Court jury found him guilty of sexual penetration without consent, meaning forced sex, and 12 indecent assaults, meaning unwanted sexual touching. Parole possible after four years, six months.