OLHC is a chapel; it is not a "parish" (which would mean that it would be under a Bishop).

I was also a parishioner and father will refuse confession if it is not during the times reserved for confession. People have tried come up to them after the designated confession period is over to ask for an impromptu confession. Even Wiest had a whole sermon about this during his first few weeks at the chapel. He talked about decorum - there being a time and place for such things as blessings and confessions. He complained about being stalked by parishioners to bless items and hear confessions out of the normal times reserved for those things.

Maybe you are stating things out of context?

I go to the parish and I'm confirming that Fr. Starbuck did in fact refuse to hear someone's confession directly and has stated that he is 'too busy for confessions'.  I'm not out to talk about his faults and shortcomings but am simply confirming that what Mr. Yoder has said. 

Is this unusual?
EVERY time I have asked an SSPX priest to hear my confession when it is not "confession time"  I have been refused.  Didn't matter which priest.  They all refused.  Same thing about blessing articles.  If they're not "on the table" so the priest can do many items at one time at his leisure, you're out of luck.

If you only have venial sins to confess then the confession can wait. 

sppx does the same thing, but they are not parishes, either. 

parish, parishoner, and pastor imply jurisdictional authority. 

The onus is on the person to get to confession, and not the Priest to hear it. That's right. Read it again. It does not matter the circuмstances of whether or not it is venial versus mortal sins, it is a matter of arranging your time and priorities so that you arrive in time to have your confession heard before Mass, arrange a time with the Priest *before Mass* to have your confession after Mass if it a case of you living at a great distance, you are leaving for a trip right after Mass, some young children are ill at home and this is your only opportunity at the moment, etc.

Bugging a Priest to have your confession heard on your whim and timeframe can be a sign of pride. YOU want YOUR schedule or imprudence to be catered to, instead of humbly submitting to the Priest's schedule, NEED TO PRAY, etc.

If people REGULARLY attend a certain place for Mass, then they usually "know the drill" about Mass times and times for confession, etc. It is very unfair of regular attendees to ask a Priest for confession at a whim, (mortal sins or not), when you KNOW BETTER to make a better effort to get there at the appointed times.

You cannot judge or fault a Priest for having and enforcing HIS schedule. If you are in mortal sin and there is no blood coming out of every orifice in your body upon getting to Mass, then you can probably abstain from Communion and ask Father AFTER MASS to hear your confession IF he has time. Some people might habitually rush into confession 10 minutes before Mass time and then wonder why Priests get upset!

If you are in mortal sin and you HONESTLY tried to get to confession in plenty of time, but you were delayed because of traffic or something outside of your control, then yes, quietly ask the Priest if he has time to hear your confession because it's very important. Explain that you would have been there in ample time if it were not an unavoidable delay, etc. He will give you a time to help you.

If you are in a place with HUNDREDS of people and/or multiple Masses in one day and/or the Priest has to travel "on circuit" or to "missions?" YOU HAD BETTER SCHEDULE YOUR TIME BETTER, PERIOD, and allow extra time for traffic delays on top of getting there in the first place.

Once again, the Priest bashing and lay-people being critical of Priests and playing Priest needs to STOP! The excuses that people make here are crazy.

Same with religious articles blessing mentioned elsewhere:

***If your Priest wants religious articles blessed on a certain day, then BRING THEM ON THAT DAY, and in PLENTY of time to set them up! There ARE DIFFERENT blessings for DIFFERENT types of things! There is a different blessing for a Saint Benedict Medal versus a Rosary, versus a car, versus a horse, versus Easter baskets, versus x,y,z.

Of course a Priest will wonder why he has to bless one Rosary and one medal on Monday when you then bring him a Saint Benedict Medal and Holy Water font and want to be enrolled in the scapular on Tuesday! Then repeat this scenario ad nauseum with dozens of other people adding to their collection.

A Priest will announce blessing times, etc. to alert newcomers to such things and also for His Priorities before God's, NOT YOURS!

Bottom line? Quit being lazy and whiny Catholics! Sorry, but not sorry, but some Americans down there have NO CLUE what sacrifices and hardships MANY Canadians have to make in comparison to have Mass and the Sacraments, get Holy Water, have things Blessed, etc. I live in the second largest country in the world. MANY of our Mass Centres are not accessible at the moment by many people! You figure things out.

Bunch of pansies.