MADISON (WKOW) -- The Diocese of Madison is acknowledging there was a complaint filed in 2021 against Fr. Andrew Showers, the priest who is now charged with child sex crimes in Waupaca County.

Showers was arrested in Clintonville and faces charges of attempted use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, attempted child enticement-exposing intimate parts and attempted second-degree sexual assault of a child.

He is out of jail after posting bond and will appear in Waupaca County Court on September 30.

In a note to parishioners Wednesday night, Bishop Donald Hying said a review of diocesan files, email messages and phone records revealed that a complaint about Showers was made to the diocese by a parent in December 2021.

Hying said the parent expressed concern about "pastoral que

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