The German Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller has rejected reports that financial irregularities were the reason for his removal from one of the most important posts in the Vatican in 2017. “The image is being spread that I enriched myself financially like a common thief,” the 76-year-old told dpa on Friday. “But absolutely none of this is true.” The US Catholic news portal The Pillar reported that large sums of money from Vatican funds were discovered in Müller’s private account in 2015. Müller was appointed head of the powerful authority for the doctrine of the faith in 2012 by the then Pope Ben…