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Individual confession is the rule but if you think that the Novus Ordo doesn't abuse General Absolution, you are living in a fantasy world.

I know of no General Absolutions in the Diocese of St. Petersburg. I can't recall any in Florida, and I would have heard about it. By writ, from Rome they are condemned for general use. I guess you need to have a specific time and place to prove your case.

Would you also agree, then, that all the confessions heard by the Schismatic Orthodox Churches are invalid, as the priests lack proper jurisdiction?

The jurisdiction hinges on the question if the Orthodox Church are sui juris but out of communion. The Church has said in certain circumstances, valid sacraments can be administered by a Greek Church. The SSPX is not a sui juris body, so the answer there is not in doubt.