[circlecity]

“I did. It's a sleazy attempt to (metaphorically) get the camel's nose into the tent. Its author is a heretic, at best.”

It’s called strategic ambiguity. He issued a vague, ambiguous statement knowing how the media and many bishops would spin it. In fact he counted on it.

[NorthMountain]

knowing how the media and many bishops would spin

And that is HOW you get the camel's nose under the tent. Those who issue vague ambiguous statements do so deliberately, and for nefarious purposes.