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Madison priest in custody for trying to arrange sex with child

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CLINTONVILLE (NBC26) — A 37-year-old Madison priest is in custody in Waupaca County for trying to engage in sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl in the City of Clintonville.

Police say they were notified about 37-year-old Andrew J. Showers trying to make arrangements to travel to the City of Clintonville to meet the girl.

Monday night after 7:30, Showers was taken into custody and taken to the Waupaca County Jail and booked on charges of child enticement, use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, and attempted second-degree sexual assault of a child.

The Waupaca County District Attorney's office will likely make a charging decision.

Please stay with NBC 26 as this story develops.