Fabio Martínez Castilla, Archbishop of Tuxla Gutiérrez sparked some controversy over remarks made on Tuesday at a homily in the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Marcos, by claiming that “abortion is much more serious than rape of children by priests.”

Appointed Archbishop last May by then Pope Benedict XVI, Castilla went on to clarify that both abuse and abortion “quantitatively do much harm and deserve punishment.” He is a firm believer in the Church’s stance on contraceptives and condoms as “patches” to avoid responsibility.

More: Fabio Martinez Castilla: Abortion Is Worse Than Child Rape, Says Mexican Archbishop

A Mexican archbishop is in hot water after making a statement calling abortion a much more serious offense than the rape of children by priests.

Fabio Martínez Castilla, the Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas, said during a homily at the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Marcos that when children are sexually abused “their future is dying,” but that it doesn’t compare with abortion because “it is murder.”

“Qualitatively, abortion is much more serious than the rape of children by priests,” Martínez Castilla said, adding though that “both quantitatively do much harm and deserve punishment.”

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