Hi Kag, I can't really speak for other parishes, only my own. I have always sought out those who felt estranged for whatever reason and invited them quietly back to the sacraments. That changed with AL. I announced publicly that from here on in it was no-ones business who received or didn't receive communion. It was up to people's individual conscience. Since then a number of gay people have appeared and quite a few divorced and remarried. But the biggest impact has been on the congregation in general. The feeling is that a great wrong has been put right. 

I guess there are people on here who would describe my parish as a church for adulterers and perverts, run by a heretic. I suppose it is. And it's beautiful.