Robertson 's response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake also drew condemnation . Robertson claimed that Haiti 's founders had sworn a " pact to the Devil " in order to liberate themselves from the French slave owners and indirectly attributed the earthquake to the consequences of the Haitian people being " cursed " for doing so . CBN later issued a statement saying that Robertson 's comments " were based on the widely-discussed 1791 slave rebellion led by Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman , where the slaves allegedly made a famous pact with the devil in exchange for victory over the French " . Various figures in mainline and evangelical Christianity have on occasion disavowed some of Robertson 's remarks
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
Pat Robertson