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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Former Australian Catholic bishop sentenced for abusing Indigenous men

Australia Clergy Abuse - (AAP IMAGE)

A former Australian Catholic bishop was sentenced Wednesday to six years and six months in prison for sexually abusing two young Indigenous men.

A District Court of Western Australia state jury convicted Christopher Saunders, 76, in August of 13 out of 19 charges of sexual abuse that occurred between 2008 and 2019 in his sprawling Broome Diocese on the country’s tropical northwest coast.

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