Christopher Saunders
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Oct 9, 2026
Joe McClaneHOST
Apparently, though, she has claimed that some women have a sense or a call to the priesthood.
Joe McClaneHOST
How could she be so wrong about that and yet get such a powerful position? And anyway, Catholic World Report reports former Australian Bishop Christopher Saunders jailed six and a half years.
Joe McClaneHOST
The 76-year-old former Bishop of Broome was sentenced this week to six and a half years with four and a half years non-parole period after a jury convicted him in August about 13 offenses, including two aboriginal men.
Joe McClaneHOST
And those, those are your headline news.
Tim WebsterHOST
Looking morning in the greatest city in the world, and that'd be Sydney, Australia, with all of its challenges, and, uh, [laughs] there's a few.
Tim WebsterHOST
Um, look, this, um, former Broome bishop, Christopher Saunders, has been jailed for sexually abusing young men, uh, finally in jail in the remote area of the Kimberley in Western Australia.
Tim WebsterHOST
One of his victims, and the judge read out the impact statement, said, uh, he described his pain, said he was being used as a toy that Saunders had used.
Tim WebsterHOST
He'll be eligible for parole in February 2031.
Tim WebsterHOST
Uh, he's 76 now.
Tim WebsterHOST
Christopher Saunders, convicted of one count of sexual penetration and 12 counts of indecent assault, and the victims were young Aboriginal men who lived in the Kimberley, where Indigenous people make up about 40% of the population.
Tim WebsterHOST
So finally in jail is the former Broome bishop, Christopher Saunders, a man of God, hey? Hmm.
Tim WebsterHOST
Six minutes after 8.
Claire SientaCORRESPONDENT
Well, just in actually, we've had a pretty landmark sentencing of a pretty well-known case that you may have heard in the media recently.
Claire SientaCORRESPONDENT
Bishop Christopher Saunders, he has been convicted of grooming and molesting two young Aboriginal men more than a decade ago.
Claire SientaCORRESPONDENT
So that...
Claire SientaCORRESPONDENT
He's now 76 years old and he has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison and he will be eligible for parole in four and a half years' time.
Tuyong FitzpatrickHOST
The former Bishop of Broome, once one of the most senior and longest serving Catholic clerics in the country, has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for sex offences against two young men.
Tuyong FitzpatrickHOST
Christopher Alan Saunders, 76, was found guilty earlier this year of multiple offences against the men when he was the Bishop of a remote area of Western Australia three times larger than england he was convicted of one count of sexual penetration and 12 counts of indecent assault a landmark ruling in the high court has found planning authorities are required to consider the emissions caused by burning fossil fuels overseas when approving projects three of the five judges found in favor of a hunter valley residence group which halted the mount pleasant mine expansion last year in the new south wales court of appeal The High Court case centered around an open-cut coal mine near Musselbrook, which was approved for expansion by NSW planning authorities in 2022 before being halted through a community-led court battle last year.
Tuyong FitzpatrickHOST
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Tuyong FitzpatrickHOST
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Erin ParkCORRESPONDENT
But campaigners against sexual abuse in the church say the case is far from resolved.
Anne Barrett DoyleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The church has failed victims in the case of Bishop Saunders, and it's really discouraging that this is happening in 2026.
Erin ParkCORRESPONDENT
From her home in the US city of Boston, Anne Barrett Doyle, a practicing Catholic, helps run the organization Bishop Accountability, which tracks accusations of abuse and misconduct globally.
Anne Barrett DoyleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It is absolutely chilling that he preyed upon a vulnerable population where the power differential was so huge.
Christina ParaskosHOST
A court in Australia has sentenced a former Roman Catholic bishop to six and a half years in prison for sexually abusing two young Aboriginal men.
Christina ParaskosHOST
Christopher Saunders was Bishop of Broome in Western Australia at the time.
Christina ParaskosHOST
He resigned when first accused in 2020.
Christina ParaskosHOST
The court heard that Saunders held gatherings where he served food and alcohol to young men wearing only their boxer shorts.
Ben O'SheaHOST
Jess, what did this Bishop cop?
Jess EvansonGUEST
Yes, Christopher Saunders was sentenced to six and a half years imprisonment on Wednesday.
Jess EvansonGUEST
The sentence was backdated to August 12th and he'll be eligible for parole after four and a half years.
Ben O'SheaHOST
And so what were some of the sentencing comments that we heard in court today?
Jess EvansonGUEST
He said, you know, there's nothing remarkable about a minister, you know, providing gifts and, you know, hosting social events with other people.
Jess EvansonGUEST
But he said, you know, what was remarkable was his decision, you know, as a mature adult who, you know, professed to be an advocate for social justice for Aboriginal people, providing alcohol to them and making them intoxicated and taking advantage of them to the point that he sexually abused them.
Ben O'SheaHOST
And what did the judge have to say about the character references that Christopher Saunders received before sentencing? Because that's been a hot topic in Western Australia recently.
Jess EvansonGUEST
Yeah, the judge said that, you know, he had received a number of character references, I guess, proving that Saunders was a good character.
Ben O'SheaHOST
Jess, what did this Bishop cop?
Jess EvansonGUEST
Yes, Christopher Saunders was sentenced to six and a half years imprisonment on Wednesday.
Jess EvansonGUEST
The sentence was backdated to August 12th and he'll be eligible for parole after four and a half years.
Ben O'SheaHOST
And so what were some of the sentencing comments that we heard in court today?
Jess EvansonGUEST
He said, you know, there's nothing remarkable about a minister, you know, providing gifts and, you know, hosting social events with other people.
Jess EvansonGUEST
But he said, you know, what was remarkable was his decision, you know, as a mature adult who, you know, professed to be an advocate for social justice for Aboriginal people, providing alcohol to them and making them intoxicated and taking advantage of them to the point that he sexually abused them.
Ben O'SheaHOST
And what did the judge have to say about the character references that Christopher Saunders received before sentencing? Because that's been a hot topic in Western Australia recently.
Jess EvansonGUEST
Yeah, the judge said that, you know, he had received a number of character references, I guess, proving that Saunders was a good character.
Ben O'SheaHOST
Jess, what did this Bishop cop?
Jess EvansonCORRESPONDENT
Yes, Christopher Saunders was sentenced to six and a half years imprisonment on Wednesday.
Jess EvansonCORRESPONDENT
The sentence was backdated to August 12th and he'll be eligible for parole after four and a half years.
Ben O'SheaHOST
And so what were some of the sentencing comments that we heard in court today?
Jess EvansonCORRESPONDENT
He said, you know, there's nothing remarkable about a minister, you know, providing gifts and, you know, hosting social events with other people.
Jess EvansonCORRESPONDENT
But he said, you know, what was remarkable was his decision, you know, as a mature adult who, you know, professed to be an advocate for social justice for Aboriginal people, providing alcohol to them and making them intoxicated and taking advantage of them to the point that he sexually abused them.
Ben O'SheaHOST
And what did the judge have to say about the character references that Christopher Saunders received before sentencing? Because that's been a hot topic in Western Australia recently.
Jess EvansonCORRESPONDENT
Yeah, the judge said that, you know, he had received a number of character references, I guess, proving that Saunders was a good character.
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