Thinking of converting - question about confession

Hi all,

I'm currently a protestant but thinking about converting to Catholicism after getting more revelation about our mother Mary and the Saints and church history (too much to go into right now).

I have a question about confession. Do you feel like it gets misused by priests in terms of blackmailing or sometimes 'accidentally' letting things slip out towards other people in the congregation? They are human after all so I feel a bit hesitant to let out my sins and dirty laundry to them. At the same time I can imagine it being very freeing to bring things into the light. Does anyone have any experience regarding this? What do you feel is the general trend in the Catholic church regarding Priest's behavior with people's sins and secrets?

Edit: how about a priest treating you differently and subconsciously giving you a harder time? I don't know. It feels vulnerable. But I do appreciate your replies it is definitely helping me to be more calm about it.