How former Broome bishop Christopher Saunders avoided accountability for his crimes for so long

Key points

• Former Broome bishop Christopher Saunders, 76, has been sentenced to six years and six months in prison for sexually abusing young Aboriginal men in the Kimberley between 2010 and 2019. A jury found him guilty of one count of rape and 12 counts of indecent assault involving two men, and acquitted him of three counts relating to a third complainant.
• Judge Martin Flynn said Saunders exploited the victims' vulnerability after supplying them with alcohol.
• Saunders, who was eligible for parole in 2031, is the highest-ranking Catholic jailed in Australia over historical sexual abuse.