“Bishop Tobin said that question would be best left to the individual parish priests who know the individuals and who have counseled the couples about the churchs teaching.”
No, it’s not Bishop Tobin. It’s your JOB!
Last Fall my “individual parish Priests” were apparently afraid to cheese-off the large number of dues-paying Union Democrats who attend this church. Their response to Obama’s outrageous mandate was a brief announcement after Mass that “you can go to our parish website and access a link to a video with information about the election”.
The Bishop has no canonical powers to discipline people for public, unrepentant, serious sin, but the parish priest does?
He needs a serious sit-down with Card. Raymond Burke.