Agreed, unless the clergy is partaking in the SIN too..
and with what is happening with some of the clergy lately, they just might be worse than the sinner there attempting to save....
Sure. But I would say that most clergy get beat up in the media. Most folks of the cloth are good people and that there are a few bad apples in every barrel. And having A beer and A smoke (or two) is not partaking in the sin, it is just having a beer and a smoke. Now, if your clergyman is slumped over at the bar screaming that he is Peter Pantsless, then there is a problem.