You are known by the company you keep.

LIMA — Father Mark Hodges was one of the thousands of people at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 when a riot broke out.

He was there to support then-president Donald Trump.

Hodges, who had served as a priest at St. Stephen the First Martyr Orthodox Church in Lima for 20 years, has been suspended as of Jan. 12, for three months and faces “possible defrocking” for his involvement in the Stop the Steal rally in Washington. Five people died as the result of the insurrection after some members of the crowd entered the Capitol building while Congress was considering the counting of the Electoral College votes.

“The reason (for the suspension) was that I went (to the rally) on the sixth and Archbishop Paul (Gassios), whom I love dearly, and respect said in his suspension letter (to me) that I was ‘guilty by association.’ And I disagree, you know, I think it’s an unjust suspension,” Hodges said.