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	Priest Charged with Sex Assault Wisconsin State Journal January 8, 1993 A Catholic priest who was removed from his parish in October has been charged with sexually assaulting a teen-age boy in the youngster's town of Sheboygan home. Rev. William J. Effinger, 60, was named in a criminal complaint filed late Wednesday in Sheboygan County Circuit Court by Ozaukee County District Attorney Sandy Williams. She has been named as a special prosecutor in the case. Effinger was accused of fondling the youth's genitals and performing oral sex on the then-eighth-grader during the winter of 1987-88. He is scheduled to make his initial court appearance on the felony charge of second-degree sexual assault Jan. 19. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $ 10,000 fine. Effinger was removed in late October from his post as pastor at Holy Name church after admitting to a Milwaukee television station that he molested a young boy more than 20 years ago in Kenosha.
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