The head of China’s government-run Buddhist association resigned from his post on Wednesday amid an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against him, reported AFP. Master Xuecheng of the Beijing Longquan Monastery, who is also a member of the Communist Party, vacated his post as president in a meeting of the Buddhist Association of China.

“The council accepted Xuecheng’s resignation as president of the Buddhist Association of China,” a statement on the association’s website said.

In one of the most high-profile cases of the #MeToo movement in China, Xuecheng has been accused of coercing nuns into having sex with him. The allegations were made public when a 95-page document written by two former monks was leaked online earlier in August.

The association’s statement did not explain the reasons behind Xuecheng’s departure, and also avoided touching upon the investigation. The same statement was also posted by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the government body that looks after religious groups. Last week, it had announced an investigation into the allegations against Xuecheng, reported The Guardian.

One of the monks who wrote the document told BBC that he co-wrote the report but that he had “no idea” how it got leaked. The detailed report was sent to government officials. It also said that one of the nuns had filed a police complaint against Xuecheng in June, reported BBC.

“Xuecheng manipulated disciples to serve his ‘Buddhist Empire’... disciples under his control sacrificed their precious practices of Buddhist doctrines,” the document said. The monks accused Xuecheng of sending illicit text messages to at least six women, tempting or threatening them to have sex with him. The report said that four nuns gave in to Xuecheng’s demands, and that he tried to assert “mind control” by claiming sex was a part of their Buddhist studies.

The Beijing Longquan Monastery had dismissed the allegations, saying that the evidence against Xuecheng was fabricated and had “illegal intentions to maliciously frame” him, reported BBC. It had also called for a probe team to investigate the matter.

Xeucheng is a popular public figure in China. He was the youngest person to head the Buddhist Association of China, and has more than a million followers on Weibo.