WINONA, Minn. — A former Winona Diocese Catholic priest posted $6,000 bond in a 2020 sex crime case and agreed to come back to court in a couple weeks. Ubaldo Roque Huerta, 51, had been picked up two weeks ago in South Dakota as a fugitive. He told the judge, following his extradition back to Winona, that he would be his own attorney in his defense. The original charge, fifth-degree criminal sexual assault, followed a drinking incident at a Winona man’s place. Huerta also is charge with skipping a Winona court date on the charge in September, which led to the fugitive warrant and his arrest May 5 in South Dakota.
Huerta. Decommssioned as a priest in 2019.