Australia: bishop accused of rape and sexual assault arrested by police. Bishop Emeritus Christopher Alan Saunders, 74, faces 16 charges.
He presided over a vast diocese for more than 20 years. The Vatican launched its own investigation in 2022, as part of the text “You are the light of the world” published in 2019 by Pope Francis. In 2019, Australian Cardinal George Pell, once considered the third most influential man in the Vatican, was sentenced to six years in prison for sexual assault on two altar boys.