76岁的克里斯托弗·桑德斯是澳大利亚前布鲁姆天主教主教，因性虐待两名原住民男性被判有罪123。西澳大利亚地方法院判处他监禁6年6个月23。
桑德斯被控13项性犯罪罪名23。犯罪行为发生于2008年至2019年期间23。他可在服满4年6个月后有资格申请假释23。检控官指控桑德斯以酒精派对诱使原住民男性参加，进而实施性虐待2。据报道，虐待方式包括非法身体接触，包括生殖器接触和亲吻3。
桑德斯于1996年被任命为布鲁姆主教12。在2020年首次被指控性虐待后，他提交了辞呈23，教宗方济各于2021年接受了他的辞职23。他成为因神职活动在澳大利亚被定罪的最高级别天主教领导人3。大主教蒂莫西·科斯特洛表示，该判决认可了犯罪的严重性以及对受害者的深远影响3。
Christopher Alan Saunders, the 76-year-old former bishop of Broome in Western Australia, has been sentenced to six years and six months in prison for sexually abusing two Indigenous young men.23 Saunders was found guilty of 13 sexual offenses committed between 2008 and 2019.23 He will become eligible for parole after serving four years and six months.23
The crimes occurred over more than a decade, during which Saunders held a position of significant authority in the Catholic Church.3 He served as Broome's bishop beginning in 199623 before tendering his resignation in 2020, which Pope Francis accepted in 2021.23 According to prosecutors, Saunders used alcohol to lure Indigenous men to parties where he committed the abuse, which involved illegal physical contact including genital contact and kissing.3
Saunders is among the highest-ranking Catholic leaders to be convicted of sexual abuse offenses.13 Archbishop Timothy Costello issued a statement recognizing that the verdict acknowledges the severity of the crimes and their profound impact on the victims.3
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