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Amy, I'm not so sure that their love was "sinful" for both of them, at least on the personal level.  I have trouble getting past the "what we did had a consecration of its own" that Hester expressed to Arthur in Chapter 17.

What do you make of it?

Since Hester believed that Chillingworth was dead, it might qualify more as fornication than adultery (though evidently then, as now, there was a time limit after which a person is considered legally dead).  But Dimmesdale was no more appropriate for her than was Chillingworth.  The first was physical, that latter social or material.  did she really love either one?  Definitely not Chillingworth, and it is really doubtful that she felt an abiding love for Dimmesdale.  He was too weak, and she was too strong.  Which leads to the question, who seduced whom? 

Although we are not privy to their initial relationship, I believe that Hester's love for Dimmesdale was an honest one, born out of her respect for this leader of the community.  Dimmesdale is obviously a sensitive  man, and in comparison to Chillingworth, Hester would have found that attractive.  However, I don't think Dimmesdale loved anyone but himself.  The scene in the forest, where he berates Hester for contributing to his current state, proves his lack of feeling for her.

before giving the final conclusion of whether or not both Hester and Dim have been in sin, we ourselves should take a look of what a sin is?

commiting a sin must be the action of breaking the rules commonly accepted by a community and destroying the moral principles of ourselves. thus, in the work of Scarlet letter, Hester has breaken the hard belief of Puritants, which means that she has be in the sin, but taking a look to another side of the matter, she has been bravely fight for her "true love" that noone else of her period could do. also, that reveals that Hester was not a liar to her soul, not a liar to the God. This admirable woman has done what she should do.