Fr. Canon Darius W. Wyszynski
Ordained for the Assumption BVM Province, WI. Incardinated into the Diocese of Lansing in 1970. Named honorary “canon” in 1987 by a diocese in Poland. Included in the MI Attorney General’s 12/16/24 Diocese of Lansing Report, which reveals that in 2002 a man alleged that in 1978, when he was 18 and on a trip with Wyszynski to Mexico, he walked in on Wyszynski in bed with two boys. He said Wyszynski just continued with his “activities” with the boys. The man also said that Wyszynski had previously sexually assaulted him on two occasions while he (the man at age 18) was sleeping. In 5/2007 a man reported to the Diocese that Wyszynski sexually abused him at age 10 in 1967 or 1968. He said his parents had invited the priest, who was new to their parish, to their home. He (the boy) was sick in bed and Wyszynski fondled him in his bedroom under the guise of giving him the Sacrament of the Sick. Wyszynski met with the Diocesan Review Board and denied the allegations. The Review Board wrote “In fairness to Father Wyszynski, a complete exoneration should be issued to him immediately.” The Diocese sent the case to the Vatican and restricted Wyszynski’s ministry. The outcome is unclear. Wyszynski died 2/17/2013. He was first named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese on its list updated 9/27/2019.
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