FW, I said this before, but on our Int course it was thrashed out
If Bloggs, worried about his sexuality approached his flt cdr and confessed to the dirty deed then Admin action followed immediately (this after it be came legal but not in the Services).
If Bloggs OTOH made an open confession to the confessor it would be entered on his personal file and kept as a ultra secret and it would probably not affect his security clearance etc.
The Provost Officer could see nothing wrong with this no matter how hard we beat him.
Earlier than that, a VSO had clearly made his confession and was duly posted to the US. UK would not rescind his posting even though the cousins said they would refuse to accept him. To rescind his posting could have outted the person. Instead it was rumoured that he was deliberately outted deliberately outted in a CIA sting.