,,, window dressing from Rome, nothing more. It's clear from the full article that priests or intending priests would move to the likes of Rochester or Spokane for tea and sympathy and the ability to dodge mainstream Church policy.
You have a very good point, and it will probably come to pass, simply because Amchurch and the Rochester and Spokane dioceses are not the whole Church. Bishops who condone and support this behavior will always be with us, because the Church is composed of sinners. But by making these declarations, the Church can and does state clearly what her position is on this kind of behavior.