One complainant claimed the bishop would offer him alcohol when he was just 16-years-old and supply him with cigarettes. The boy continued to drink heavily into his adulthood, and it was a point defence lawyer Tony Hager seized on during cross-examination on Thursday.

The former Broome bishop is accused of hosting alcohol-fuelled parties where guests were ordered to strip to their underwear.

Christopher Saunders appeared in WA’s District Court on Wednesday for the second day of his trial over alleged sexual abuse offences dating back as far as 2008.

One complainant claimed the bishop would offer him alcohol when he was just 16-years-old and supply him with cigarettes. The boy continued to drink heavily into his adulthood, and…