I attend mass weekly. My Catholic wife and I raised our three kids Catholic. When Communal General Absolution before Easter was offered in our parish and others in our diocese we always went. At the end of the service the priest would tell us that if we had any mortal sins to confess they needed to be confessed in individual confession which would be available after the service with multiple priests. We could also confess any sins individually and were encouraged to. Then we would all bow our heads and receive General Absolution. Several years ago we went and were surprised that was no mention of General Absolution. The communal service was the same, the multiple priests after was the same, but the General Absolution was gone. My wife decided to stay and go to individual confession. I told her I would wait for her in the car. My reason was that we like the vast majority of married Catholic couples practice contraception which is condemned as a grave sin by the Church. Like the majority of Catholics who use contraception we do not consider it a sin. My wife has no problem with omitting this from individual confession but I do. I would feel like a hypocrite confessing only sins I considered sins and omitting ones I disagree with the Church on. Since that night neither of us has gone to confession. I'm sure this has happened with many others. Humanae Vitae more than anything has caused many Catholics to stop going to individual confession. It did for us.