In Cold Mountain, when Inman and the preacher stopped at a raunchy motel/tavern and the whores started hitting on them, the preacher immediately jumped in with glee at the prospect of a fun filled night. Inman declined to join and instead checked in upstairs where he listened to the insane and tragic life story of another war deserter. The next day they ran into the preacher downstairs and saw that he got quite beaten up and robbed by one of the huge muscular whores and based on context of the preacher's account of his night, may have gotten pegged by her too, and she might not have been a "she" either. Inman could only laugh at him as they continued on down the road...