Former bishop sentenced to more than six years in prison for sexually abusing young Aboriginal men

Key points

• A former bishop of Broome, Christopher Alan Saunders, has been sentenced to six years and six months in prison for sexually abusing two young Aboriginal men. The 76-year-old was found guilty of 13 sex offences, including sexual penetration without consent and unlawful assault, between 2008 and 2019.
• Saunders will be eligible for parole after serving four years and six months.
• The Catholic Church has said it will restart a probe into his activities, with the findings to inform decisions about his position in the church.