( CNN ) -- Pat Robertson , the evangelical Christian who once suggested God was punishing Americans with Hurricane Katrina , says a `` pact to the devil '' brought on the devastating earthquake in Haiti . Officials fear more than 100,000 people have died as a result of Tuesday 's 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti . Robertson , the host of the `` 700 Club , '' blamed the tragedy on something that `` happened a long time ago in Haiti , and people might not want to talk about it . '' The Haitians `` were under the heel of the French . You know , Napoleon III and whatever , '' Robertson said on his broadcast Wednesday . `` And they got together and swore a pact to the devil . They said , 'We will serve you if you will get us free from the French . ' True story . And so , the devil said , 'OK , it 's a deal . ' `` Native Haitians defeated French colonists in 1804 and declared independence . `` You know , the Haitians revolted and got themselves free . But ever since , they have been cursed by one thing after the other . '' Robertson has previously linked natural disasters and terrorist attacks to legalized abortion in the United States . Soon after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast , killing more than 1,800 and wreaking unprecedented devastation on New Orleans , Louisiana , Robertson weighed in with his own theory . `` We have killed over 40 million unborn babies in America , '' Robertson said on his September 12 , 2005 , broadcast of `` 700 Club . '' `` I was reading , yesterday , a book that was very interesting about what God has to say in the Old Testament about those who shed innocent blood . And he [ the author ] used the term that those who do this , 'the land will vomit you out . ' ... But have we found we are unable somehow to defend ourselves against some of the attacks that are coming against us , either by terrorists or now by natural disaster ? Could they be connected in some way ? ''
Robertson said native Haitians made deals with the devil for freedom from slavery . Robertson is evangelical Christian who has made similar comparisons . He once suggested Haiti was helping deal with Hurricane Katrina .