The complaint also accuses Sessions of the “dissemination of doctrines contrary to the standards of doctrine of the United Methodist Church,” citing the attorney general’s use of a Bible verse last Thursday to defend the DOJ’s policy of prosecuting everyone who crosses the US–Mexico border illegally, and his suggestion that God supports the Trump administration’s decision to separate immigrant children from their families.

“While other individuals and areas of the federal government are implicated in each of these examples, Mr. Sessions — as a long-term United Methodist in a tremendously powerful, public position — is particularly accountable to us, his church,” the letter concluded. “He is ours, and we are his. As his denomination, we have an ethical obligation to speak boldly when one of our members is engaged in causing significant harm in matters contrary to the Discipline on the global stage.”

Neither of the reverends to whom the letter is addressed — Rev. Sterling Boykin of Ashland Place UMC in Mobile, Alabama, and Rev. Tracy Wines of Clarendon United Methodist in Arlington, Virginia — has responded to requests for comment from BuzzFeed News.

Bishop David Graves of the UMC’s Alabama-West Florida Conference, who is copied on the letter, declined to comment on the complaint to BuzzFeed News. But in a statement Monday, Graves wrote that it “deeply troubles me and burdens my heart that innocent immigrant children are being separated from their parents.”

“I implore congress and the current administration to do all in their power to reunite these families,” Graves’ statement said. “Changes to these laws need to be addressed starting today. Let us join our voices in prayer for the separated families, for those working to end this injustice, and for our nation’s leaders.”

The Department of Justice declined to comment on the complaint Monday.

Sessions has been a leading proponent of the administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, which orders federal prosecutors to charge all people caught for illegal entry at the border, in an attempt to discourage people from entering the US without documentation. Because immigrants traveling with children are now facing federal charges, the new policy has resulted in the systematic separation of these parents from their kids.

Nearly 2,000 children have been separated from their families following Sessions’ announcement of the policy on April 19. According to statistics released by the US Department of Homeland Security on Friday, border authorities separated 1,995 kids from adults facing federal charges for illegal entry between April 19 and May 31 of this year.

Though President Donald Trump has falsely claimed that the family separations stem from a “law” created by Democrats, they are the direct result of the zero tolerance policy Sessions has championed several times since announcing it in April, including as recently as Monday.

Speaking at a meeting of the National Sheriffs’ Association in New Orleans — where he was accepting a lifetime achievement award — Sessions insisted that “we do not want to separate parents from their children,” but also defended the administration’s policy and reiterated claims made by Trump, himself, and others that those crossing the border with children are often gang members and criminals.