WINTERS, WI- After more than 35 years a Wisconsin priest will be sentenced for sexually assaulting young boys and teens.

The incidents happened as early as the 1980s.

Thomas Erickson was supposed to be sentenced Friday, but it has now been pushed back because three more victims have come forward claiming Erickson also sexually abused them.

The Sawyer County judge now wants the state of Wisconsin to interview these new victims before deciding the length of Erickson’s sentence.

“It’s been a prison inside my mind and no one should ever have to go through that,” Paul Eck one of Father Erickson’s victims said.

Paul Eck first met Father Thomas Erickson at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Winters Wisconsin in 1982.

At first, the relationship seemed friendly.

“He used 6-8 months of letting me borrow his car giving me money to go to the movies with my girlfriend.”

One night the friendship took a dark turn, Eck claims on homecoming he was drunk.

At just 17-years-old he says he asked Erickson for a ride.

“They treat you really well but all they are trying to do is set you up just like any kind of animal they are trying to set you up for the perfect strike and that is what he did.”

He says Erickson brought him to his home to spend the night, saying Eck’s mom wouldn’t want to see him drunk.

“I woke up the first time he was kneeling by the bed rubbing my back and the second time I woke up he had taken off my underwear and he was molesting me. I was going in and out of consciousness, I have no idea how long it was,” Eck said.

Eck lived in silence not telling anyone about the incident until he was 22 years old because he felt ashamed.

“I blamed myself more than I blamed him,” Eck said.

But breaking the silence is advice that Eck wants to pass along to fellow victims.

“Tell somebody immediately don’t worry about the shame the guilt of it just go tell somebody,” Eck added.

Erickson’s new sentencing date will be decided soon.

Eck plans to face his abuser one last time with a message.

“I’m just going to tell the judge you have to put him behind bars because as long as he is alive he has the ability to offend and you can’t put another young boy’s life in jeopardy like that.”