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Broome Diocese
Coverage of Broome Diocese in the Nexus archive.
- Australian jury convicts former Catholic bishop of sexually abusing 2 men
An Australian jury convicted Christopher Saunders, a former Catholic bishop, of sexually abusing two young Indigenous men over an alleged period between 2008 and 2019. The convictions included charges such as sexual penetration without consent and indecent assaults. This conviction occurs amid the global clergy abuse scandal and following investigations by the Vatican and Western Australia Police Force.