Pedophilia: the Archbishop of Munich resigns | Crisis…

The Archbishop of Munich and Freising, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, has presented his resignation from his post due to the abuse crisis in the German Church as a way to “take joint responsibility” for cases of pedophilia and with de sharp criticism of the sectors of the Curia “who reject any type of reform” to face these crimes.

“The Church in Germany is going through times of crisis,” Marx said in a letter to Pope Francis on May 21, published this Friday by the Archdiocese of Munich, in which he asked the pontiff to accept his resignation from the position he held. . since November 2007.

According to the archdiocese’s website, the letter was published with the express permission of the Pope, who told him that “he must continue his episcopal service until he takes a decision.” For the moment, the Vatican has not made any statement on the continuity or not of the cardinal.

“Basically, it is for me to assume co-responsibility for the catastrophe of sexual abuse perpetrated by representatives of the Church over the past decades”, declared the cardinal, also a member of the council of cardinal advisers of the Pope. for the reform of the Church.