A Priest/Hero can still tell tales.
![Wink ;)](https://forum.battlemaster.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
You are correct, though, in that the combination has no particular merit. I've always been a fan of allowing priest/heroes to die if they get too bad of a beating when preaching or performing other priest actions. Maybe compensate by giving them a slightly higher conversion rate when preaching.