Agreed that it was not commonplace yet neither was it rare.
First time it happened to me I was serving Mass at 6:30am on a weekday.
Before Mass the priest asked both of us altar boys if we were going to communion - I muttered that I had to go to confession first. He said “no problem” put his arm on my shoulder and said you can do it right here.
Needless to say I had never heard of face to face confession either, but I know now.
AMDG
Do you even know what you write from one post to another? Or do you think another lie will cover them up?
So I’m NOT lying .....ooops ..... er.... making *falsehoods* about not having face to face confession after all, eh?
I am almost 62, and in my days it was the “That Man Behind the Curtain” ...err screen in my youth, but now i recall latter doing face to face.