DETROIT (MI)
Fox 2 News
October 11 2018
The Archdiocese of Detroit has removed Fr. Robert Witkowski from public ministry due to credible allegations of sexual abuse of minors, it said Wednesday.
Witkowski, 83, is a retired priest and has been added to the Archdiocese’s list of clergy credibly accused of abuse.
The diocese received the complaints earlier this year and says the allegations date back to Witkowski’s early years of ministry. He was ordained in 1961 and served at St. Matthews in Detroit until 1966. From there he went on to Our Lady Queen of Heaven, also in Detroit, and worked there until 1969.
FOX 2 stopped by Witkowski’s home in Shelby Township, but the retired priest refused to speak with us. The Archdiocese of Detroit shared the allegations with the Wayne County Prosecutor’s office, which says it’s investigating the complaints.
Witkowski last served at St. Faustina Catholic Church in Warren before retiring in 2013. Attorney General Bill Schuette launched a statewide investigation into sexual abuse in the Catholic Church back in August.
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