You're assuming 'this' refers to the reporter's text. What reason have you to believe that?
Since the statement, as I've shown, is clearly erroneous, we are left with the possibilities that either the reporter misrepresented what Schweitzer said, or, less likely, Schweitzer herself said something particularly stupid. In either case, it doesn't matter; the statement is factually false, as anyone but a BRAIN DEAD RELIGIOUS FANATIC would have discovered in five minutes using Google. And, of course, once the obvious error was pointed out, only a unprincipled lying mentally unstable lunatic would go on repeating it.