MADISON (WI)
WMSM - Fox 47 [Madison WI]
March 28, 2026
By Corey Moen
MADISON, Wis. — A Madison-area priest was charged with two counts of child sexual abuse materials online court records show.
Fr. Andrew Showers was charged following an investigation that began last August. Diocese of Madison said the new charges are based on digital evidence found on Fr. Showers’ electronic devices which were seized last August following his arrest.
The 37-year-old priest is accused of driving to Clintonville to meet up with a 14-year-old girl named Abby for sex. However, Abby never actually existed. According to a criminal complaint, a Clintonville police officer posed as Abby online and made posts in adult-targeted social media forums in order to catch Showers.
Showers was most-recently assigned to Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Madison and had a presence at St. James School. He previously served at St. John the Baptist in Waunakee, Saint Paul’s Catholic Student Center in Madison and Saint Cecilia Catholic Church in the Wisconsin Dells.
Following Showers’ arrest, the Diocese of Madison restricted him from all public ministry and barred him from having contact with minors.