What we are seeing out of Eric is that he always is defending Sloan every way he can, all because he was once a priest, so he sees the best in her, even with what he’s suspicious when it comes to her. Yes, granted, Sloan is in the clear legally, but it doesn’t negate as to what she had done before she was cleared legally or not, does it? He knows very well as to what Nicole had done with Xander when he went of to to GOD’s work, so to speak, why is he so willing to allow Sloan to do the same thing instead of defending her every 2 seconds?