If I read the story correctly, the cleric in question did make those pronouncements, but some of his colleagues are saying, in so many words, that he is an idiot for making them.
Xen nleityuaanˈan na nncwjeeˈcañoom ja, nntsaaya ñeˈcwi ñˈenñê quia na jo̱cando̱o̱ˈa ˈo.