To begin, I didn't read Tobin's words as being aimed at just the young: I took it as a broadside against the laity in general.

In my post directly to the article (and Tobin), I spoke of faith as a fabric. I also talked about us "testing" it every day. I think we DO test it every day (intentionally or not). That testing not only makes sense, but it can be the very source of a vibrancy of our faith. At the same time,  when the faith begins to falter, we're likely seeing an unraveling of that fabric.  Are bishops fully to blame?  Probably not.  But neither can they claim they have nothing to do with it. They have systematically weakened their threads for a long time. 

What we're seeing is a fundamental shift in human spirituality.  The institutional church is being left behind for something that makes more sense.  That IS the Spirit.  The bishops refuse to see or even consider that. The scandal, women, human sexuality... this is all leaving us numb, & opening the door for the spirit