BEIJING — A well-known Chinese Buddhist leader has been accused of sexually harassing at least two female disciples, in one of the most prominent #MeToo cases to emerge in China.

In a 95-page document that circulated widely on social media this week, two male monks accused the Venerable Xuecheng, the abbot of Longquan Monastery in Beijing and a powerful religious official, of sending explicit messages and making unwanted advances toward women.

“We find that great social crises are lurking behind Xuecheng’s illegal actions,” the monks, Du Qixin and Liu Xinjia, wrote.

The Venerable Xuecheng, 50, who is also secretary general of the Buddhist Association of China, a supervisory organ controlled by the ruling Communist Party, has denied the accusations.