Church charges against Attorney General Sessions are dropped

Source: CNN





Updated 3:25 PM ET, Wed August 8, 2018


(CNN)The charges filed against Attorney General Jeff Sessions in his United Methodist Church have been dropped, according to church officials, who said the church's judicial system cannot be used to address "political actions."

"A political action is not personal conduct when the political officer is carrying out official policy," the Rev. Debora Bishop, superintendent for the church district that includes Sessions' home congregation in Mobile, Alabama, wrote in a letter shared with CNN. "It was not an individual act."

"I believe this type of conduct is not covered by the chargeable offense provisions of 'The Book of Discipline' of The United Methodist Church," Bishop wrote, referring to the church's book of rules and social principles.
Bishop David W. Graves, the resident bishop of the church's Alabama-West Florida Conference, said he concurs with the decision.

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In June, more than 600 members of the United Methodist Church issued a formal complaint against Sessions, arguing that the US government's "zero tolerance" policy on immigration, which was separating migrant parents from their children at the US-Mexico border, violates church rules and may constitute child abuse. ..............................................

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/08/politics/sessions-church-complaint-dropped/index.html

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What a cop out. damn

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STORMY Newport
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The church may have dropped the charges.

Guessing his maker won’t.
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Marcy Perry
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4h4 hours ago

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It seems none of the leaders in the churches care what @realDonaldTrump and his minions do to others.
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Patricia
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4h4 hours ago

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There Goes what Remains of the Christians in the Methodist Church....
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Florence Gyomory
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4h4 hours ago

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Chickens!