Christopher Saunders Charged
Title: Former bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders charged over historical sexual abuse allegations
Author: Sarah Keszler and Chris Reason
Publisher: 7News
Date: 22FEB2024
The former bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders has been charged with a number of historical child sexual abuse offences following a 7NEWS investigation.
The 74-year-old senior Catholic cleric was arrested at his home in Western Australia by detectives from the child sexual abuse squad.
Saunders was led out of the property by detectives and taken to the Broome police complex about 6pm on Wednesday.
He has now been charged with two counts of sexual penetration without consent, 14 counts of unlawful and indecent assault, and three counts of person in authority indecently dealing with a child (16-18 years old).
This comes after a 7NEWS investigation unveiling alleged crimes by the bishop.
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