Thank you for asking.  What played the critical role here was ultra-conservative Archbishop Chaput's report to Rome on the "situation."   Interestingly, no public mention is made of "her*sy," "disobedience," or anything of that sort, fervently though the Catholic chirch right-wingers were hoping and anticipating.  Bishop Bill's confreres in the Australian hierarchy were rather conciliatory to Bill, after the hatchet job by one of the USA's culture warriors in chief!