LOL!
I understand the writer's concern about a penitent's having no opportunity to be anonymous - although if you're active in your parish, the priest may well recognize your voice, even if he can't see you.
On the other hand, it doesn't bother me to tell my sins to Father face-to-face. It's not like he was assuming I was perfect before that! Even if I got up in front of the congregation and announced, "I yelled at my kids last week, nagged my husband about his overspending, and last Thursday, I had too much wine and gave myself a headache," the most likely response would be, "What, you think you're the Lone Ranger or something?"
Interesting... The sign atop our confessional says "Old Sparky." I've often wondered about that...
When at St. Peter's last month, I went to confession. There's no face to face there, which is fine with me.