subterfuge

Can. 87 §1. A diocesan bishop, whenever he judges that it contributes to their spiritual good, is able to dispense the faithful from universal and particular disciplinary laws issued for his territory or his subjects by the supreme authority of the Church. He is not able to dispense, however, from procedural or penal laws nor from those whose dispensation is specially reserved to the Apostolic See or some other authority.

A bishop received the following from the Vatican: “… requests him to ‘make it right’ by petitioning for a dispensation based on further information the … [Vatican] required -- including information on how many attend the TLM [traditional Latin Mass] and how the priest intends to lead them eventually to the Novus Ordo. … There it is.