The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma has filed a judicial complaint against a Muskogee County district judge who sentenced a teenager to attend church for 10 years as a condition of parole.

The complaint, filed Tuesday, accuses Muskogee County District Judge Mike Norman of violating Oklahoma's Code of Judicial Conduct.

“It is shocking that a judge would so blatantly ignore the First Amendment, which at a minimum prevents the government from forcing church attendance and from interfering in deeply personal matters of faith,” said Ryan Kiesel, executive director of the ACLU of Oklahoma.

The complaint stems from a parole requirement Norman placed on Tyler Alred, 17, of Muskogee, as part of a deferred sentence in a youthful offender manslaughter case.