Confession isn't face to face. It's in confessionals, with the priest sitting in one section and the person confessing in another and they are separated by a screen with a little slidey window to keep you from hearing what he's saying to the person on his other side while you're waiting your turn.
You can barely make out the form of the priest through the screen.
But it sure isn't face to face.
What would be better would be to confess to the person wronged and ask THEIR forgiveness face to face for real.
you said “Confession isn’t face to face.”
Again you are not just wrong you are fractally wrong on every level of scale.
Face to face confession is optional but has always been an option for anyone.
Only impediment is when a priest is hearing confessions on a all-women retreat then it is always in a regular confessional.
AMDG