It is unfortunate, yes. This is two pastors in a row who haven’t been available for Confession much. After a while, of course, people give up and don’t even try - go to another parish, or just don’t go. Then one hears that nobody’s going to Confession!
I make an appointment during office hours sometimes, to take the Horde, but most people work during the day, and their children go to school.
I can’t tell you the number of times I showed up for confession at my local parish but the priest showed up too close to Mass or didn’t show up at all. I started going to a church in NYC on Wall Street that had confessions daily(!!!) from 8-9 am. I can’t tell you would a wonderful thing it was to have confession that readily available. While I don’t work in NYC anymore, I still haven’t gone to confession at my local parish in awhile.