Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe says allegations against Broome Bishop Christopher Saunders ‘very serious’

The State’s Archbishop has called sexual assault allegations against a West Australian Bishop “very serious and deeply distressing”.

A top-secret investigation ordered by the Pope into former Broome Bishop Christopher Saunders – the first of its kind in Australian history – has found he is likely to have sexually assaulted four youths while potentially grooming another 67.