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As to the questions you pose in #7, if they die excommunicated it will not be because Archbishop Burke prevented their salvation but because they abused their God-given free will to revolt against a successor of the apostles. Many souls are in hell. Many have abused their free will and died unrepentant. That is the way it works.

There are plenty of archdiocesan priests available to hear the confessions of the rebels in the pews. The archbishop is available for the ringleaders who probably can be fporgiven only through him or through the pope. What part of OBEDIENCE do these malicious malcontents fail to understand????

As has been posted repeatedly here, this is NOT about money or about Polishness or any of the other flimsy excuses. This is very analogous in disobedience to other schisms and excommunicati such as those of SSPX or of PN"C"C. Justin Cardinal Rigali initiated action against these malcontents. Archbishop Burke has continued his efforts. Nothing unusual here. What is very encouraging is the willingness of two consecutive St. Louis archbishops to crack the whip and refuse the Kumbaya approach to the rebellious. AmChurch tendencies to spaghetti-spinedness may never recover.

Oh, and those rebels in the pews want to be self-worshipers. They do NOT want to be Catholic. For the most part, they can be Catholic by giving up their sinful pride and doing as required in matters moral by Archbishop Burke. If not, the results are on them.