More than 600 United Methodist clergy and church members are bringing church law charges against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a fellow United Methodist, over a zero tolerance U.S. immigration policy that includes separating children from parents apprehended for crossing into the U.S. illegally, according to the United Methodist News Service.

A June 18 letter signed by 640 clergy and church members accused Sessions, a Mobile, Alabama church member, of child abuse, immorality, racial discrimination and dissemination of doctrines contrary to the standards of doctrine of the United Methodist Church.

The letter said the charges against him are based on violations of Paragraph 2702.3 of the denomination's Book of Discipline.

Twelve Alabama clergy and church members signed the letter including:

Joe Openshaw, Northern Alabama Conference

Bobby Prince, Northern Alabama Conference

Beth Ann Higgs, North Alabama Conference

Lisbeth Ash, Alabama-West Florida Conference

Rev. Michelle Ozier Wallace, North Alabama Conference

Rev. Denise Mullaney, North Alabama Conference

Rev. Dr. Sam Persons Parkes, Alabama-West Florida Conference

Rev. Paula Champion Jones, North Alabama Conference

Kimberly Glass, North Alabama Conference

Jamie Glass, North Alabama Conference

Alberta Coulter, North Alabama Conference

Paula Crosby, North Alabama Conference

In the letter, the signees accused him of child abuse in reference to separating children from their parents and holding them in "mass incarceration facilities." He's accused of racial discrimination for his alleged attempts to criminalize Black Lives Matter and other racial justice groups and targeted incarceration of those perceived as Muslim or Latinx.

The signees also said his "misuse of Romans 13 to indicate the necessity of obedience to secular law, which is in stark contrast to Disciplinary commitments to supporting freedom of conscience and resistance to unjust laws," constituted spreading false doctrine.

The United Methodist Church criticized Sessions' use of Romans 13 to justify the zero-tolerance immigration policy last week.

Church officials said the complaint has been emailed to Sessions' home church in Alabama, and to a Northern Virginia church that Wright said he understands Sessions regularly attends.

David Graves, Bishop of the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, the conference Sessions' home church belongs to, released a statement Monday calling separating parents and children "unnecessarily cruel and detrimental to the well-being of parents and children."

Graves did not comment on the church's discipline against Sessions, according to the News Service.

You can read the full June 18 letter and read the names of all the signees below.

A Complaint Regarding Jefferson Sessions by Anna Beahm on Scribd