By Tiffanie Turnbull
BBC News, Sydney
Australian bishop Christopher Saunders has actually been charged with rape and a string of historic sex offenses – some versus kids.
The 74-year-old was apprehended in Broome on Wednesday, after parallel examinations bought by Western Australian cops and the Pope.
Mr Saunders, who has actually rejected claims in the past, was declined bail and will appear in court on Thursday.
He is among the most senior Catholic clerics to deal with charges of this nature.
Mr Saunders is implicated of 2 counts of rape, 14 counts of illegal and indecent attack, and 3 counts of indecently handling a kid as an individual in authority.
The supposed upseting took place in the remote Western Australian towns of Broome, Kununurra and the Aboriginal neighborhood of Kalumburu in between 2008 and 2014.
Aside from the late Cardinal George Pell, who was imprisoned and after that acquitted, Mr Saunders is the most senior Catholic authorities in the nation to be cha