While there may or may not be direct evidence of individual behavior of boastfulness, when talking about individuals who the JOB of role model,

When an indidual takes on the roal of being a member of the clergy, a job SUPPOSED to be a role model for ethical behavior.

IMO it would be like the driver safety instructor being pulled over for reckless driving.... No one expects a drivers safety instructor to be a PERFECT driver. But when an individual who is supposed to be the role model for a given area, then engages in a violation of that SAME area, there is a point of at least irony, if not hypocrisy.