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Cardinal Reinhard Marx, pictured in June 2016. / Degreezero via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Munich, Germany, Jan 20, 2022 / 09:20 am (CNA).Cardinal Reinhard Marx said on Thursday that he was "shocked and ashamed" at the findings of a report criticizing the handling of abuse cases in his Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.The study, issued on Jan. 20, accused the 68-year-old cardinal of mishandling two cases in the southern German archdiocese, reported CNA Deutsch, CNA s German-language news partner.Investigators claimed that Marx, who has led the archdiocese since 2007, failed to support victims and report the cases to the Vatican s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.In a statement hours after the report s publication, Marx did not respond directly to the criticisms.He said: "My first thought today is for those affected by sexual abuse, who have experienced harm and suffering at the hands of Church representatives, priests, and other employees in the sphere of the C