Bishop Saunders News Today

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that Bishop Saunders will plead not guilty to the charges brought against him.

Former Bishop of Broome has been arrested and charged with 19 historical sex offenses from 2008. A prosecution and arrest have been made against the former Bishop of Broome for alleged previous sexual offenses.

Christopher Saunders, 74, was arrested at his Piggott Way home, in Western Australia, on Wednesday afternoon.

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Bishop Christopher Saunders, now 73 years old, led the Diocese of Broome (Australia) from 1995 until his resignation in 2021.

A leaked Vatican canonical investigation found that Bishop Christopher Saunders, now 73 years old, “likely sexually assaulted four youths while potentially grooming another 67.

Bishop Christopher Saunders has disobeyed a Vatican order to leave the Diocese of Broome (Australia), the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.

Government officials in Australia expressed anger that the evidence contained in the canonical investigation into Bishop Christopher Saunders had not been turned over to civil authorities.

Veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell joins host Ricardo da Silva, S.J. to give an update on what we know so far about the new letter and what questions remain.