Priest with ties to Southwest Ohio parish suspended after urging, joining U.S. Capitol protest
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and last updated 2021-01-22 11:28:44-05
An Orthodox priest affiliated with a Southwest Ohio parish has been suspended after he went to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 intending to âstop the stealâ of the U.S. election and prevent Joseph R. Biden Jr. from becoming the 46th president of the United States.
The Rev. Mark Hodges, an archpriest attached to St. Paul the Apostle Orthodox Church in Greene Countyâs Sugarcreek Twp., was âsuspended from all priestly functionsâ effective Jan 12, according to a short notation on the Orthodox Church in Americaâs Diocese of the Midwest website.