A Catholic priest in Rhode Island denied communion to lawmakers who supported the state's abortion bill, according to CNN.
           The same priest is also suggesting abortion is a more heinous crime than pedophilia.
           CNN reports in an interview with WJAR, the Rev. Richard Bucci of Sacred Heart Church said that while abuse is a "horrible thing," the comparison between pedophilia and abortion is unfair because he believes more children have been aborted than abused.
           "Pedophilia doesn't kill anyone and this does," Bucci said in the interview Sunday. 
           According to The Washington Post, the bill passed in June enshrines the protections of Roe v. Wade into state law in Rhode Island. 
           In an interview on the “Gene Valicenti Show,” Bucci said he is not creating new rules by barring people from communion, only enforcing ones that have been part of the Catholic catechism for 2,000 years, according to The Washington Post.