text: No one is taking choice away from God.
  
  The Bishop is simply saying "based on what we know" (that's an act of humility).
  
  It would be an act of arrogance and pride to "go beyond the data" of these people's lives. 
  
  Remember if the person as they died asked for forgiveness and gave evidence of their desire to reconcile with the Church, there'd be a funeral.