According to Jeff Anderson & Associates, a law firm which represents victims of sexual abuse, Ericksen was ordained in 1973 and worked in Wisconsin parishes until 1988, when he was permanently removed from ministry.

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The Sawyer County, Wisconsin district attorney filed charges and issued an arrest warrant Friday. According to Anderson & Associates, police in Wisconsin had been investigating Ericksen since 2010.

Ericksen is being held in Hennepin County. Court records show he was living in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis.