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“I have to share responsibility for the catastrophe of sexual abuse by officials of the Church over past decades,” said Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who was appointed archbishop of Munich in 2007.
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German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, one of Pope Francis' closest advisors, has asked the pontiff to allow him to resign as the leader of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising as a sign of responsibility f.
.Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, Germany, speaks during a press conference about his resignation offer, in Munich June 4, 2021. Cardinal Marx has submitted his resignation to Pope Francis, saying that bishops must begin to accept responsibility for the institutional failures of the church in handling the clerical sexual abuse crisis. The pope did not immediately accept the cardinal s resignation. (CNS photo/Robert Kiderle, KNA) .Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, Germany, has submitted his resignation to Pope Francis, saying that bishops must begin to accept responsibility for the institutional failures of the church in handling the clerical sexual abuse crisis. The pope did not immediately accept the cardinal s resignation. Cardinal Marx is pictured in a Feb. 12, 2015, file photo at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Cristian Gennari, KNA)