Excommunication is supposed to be a medicinal penalty and not a vindictive one. Its aim is always to bring the offender back to the paths of righteousness. The Roman Catholic Church is means of eternal Salvation and not damnation.
(John 10) "My sheep will not follow a stranger; they will run away from him." A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
(Mark 10) "You know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all.
Precisely. How do you think this priest and the Parish Directors will respond?