Severance - As in the Charnel God from Bestiary 6 Question

[Flynn Greywalker]

Okay, SPOILER ALERT for those that don't want to read on in regards to the Charnel God from the Bestiary 6...

Here we go, so, I have my party in a campaign facing the Charnel God/Goddess Acavna in a dungeon in Baba Yaga's hut. The Warpriest, Cleric and Paladin all failed a roll against the creature's ability of Severance. I know that this severs the contact between them and their deity, stuns them for round 1 and then staggers them for 24 hours. Would this also sever their ability to use divine spell or spell like abilities and power (ie the Paladin's ability to smite evil)? I would think so since if they are severed from their deity from which these powers come, it would affect them. Please give me your thoughts at fellow GMs.

[*Thelith]

They are stunned for 1 round and then staggered permanently, until they get an atonement. Class abilities of any kind are not affected.

[Dark Midian]

By RAW, it doesn't affect class features since it doesn't say it does. By RAI? It should absolutely shut off divine spellcasting and divinely-gifted abilities like smite.

[*Thelith]

Not even by RAI... It's an at will swift action that can be used until it works....to shut off a caster completely.... The stagger is the result of being cut off.

[Balancer]

Yeah it should definitely cut them off from any class abilities that come from a divine source.

[Ghost Darkfang]

So interpreting Flavor text as actual is a rocky precedent. It is the call of the GM.