while he CAN and SHOULD confess to God and receive forgiveness... the counsel of the confessional, can help trigger healing, wholeness and deliverance... absolution from another member of the body of Christ and possibly a leader in the body of Christ. Helps. Support, insight, restoration... are part of what “confess your faults one to another that you may be healed...” releases in one’s life. My experience is when I confess to Jesus, he often points me to another strong believer who has insider knowledge from the Holy Spirit and related experiential knowledge of fallenness of human nature... that can be shared face to face.
I cannot trust just anyone that claims title of priest, confessor, Pastor or altar boy... just “because” their title or position. But God has people everywhere. It’s not a Roman Catholic “thing”. It’s a Christian thing. IMHO. one that the Roman Catholics have more correct than we sometimes give them credit for.
The same can be had by surrounding yourself with Christian friends who support you and keep you accountable. I have been blessed to have such friends for decades. They really helped me when my wife died from cancer almost 7 years ago.