A former Catholic bishop accused of sexually abusing multiple young Aboriginal men repeatedly visited one of his alleged victims in jail, a court has been told.

Former Bishop of Broome Christopher Alan Saunders is fighting more than two dozen sexual assault charges at trial in the West Australian District Court.

One of his alleged victims says the retired clergyman, 76, visited him on numerous occasions when he was serving time in various prisons.

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The bishop also visited the man at prisons near Derby and in Perth, along with other Kimberley Aboriginal men serving time there.