MADRID, July 26 (UPI)

A Spanish judge has drawn the attention of a women’s group for his controversial remarks about a lesbian mother during a recent court case.

Judge Fernando Ferrin Calamita ordered the woman to turn her two daughters over to their father, saying her homosexuality would harm the children and increase their chances of becoming lesbians, EFE news agency reported Wednesday.

“It is understood that (a parent’s) drug addiction, child abuse, prostitution, belonging to a satanic sect or heterosexual affair would negatively affect the children and serve as a reason for a change of custody,” said Ferrin Calamita. “Well, it’s the same with homosexuality.”

A women’s rights group was investigating the judge because of his statement in court, EFE reported.