Former Winter Priest Charged with Felony Sexual Assault of Boys

By Terrell Boettcher
Sawyer County Record
November 20, 2018

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Story update on Nov. 20: Sawyer County Sheriff Douglas Mrotek stated that Ericksen was taken into custody at his residence in coordination with the Minneapolis Department without further incident, and is awaiting extradition proceedings to be transported to the Sawyer County Jail.

In charges filed Friday, Nov. 16, the Sawyer County District Attorney’s office is accusing a former parish priest at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Winter with sexually abusing altar boys while he was stationed in Winter in 1982 and 1983.