“Seemed strange to me.”
I would never take communion in an Episcopal or any other Protestant church.
For me as a Catholic, Christ is not present Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, and most importantly, it is simply a symbol to you.
I would expect Protestants to realize that the Catholic Eucharist is a sacrament and is Christ under the species of bread and wine.
To expect to receive communion from a Catholic priest simply because of some perceived exclusion, is wrong. I don’t go into a synagogue and expect to read from the Torah because I might “feel” excluded.
One either believes the Eucharist is what a Catholic believes, or does not. If you don’t, don’t expect to participate.
It is a profanation of the sacrament if you do.
Please see my post 31, and I beg your indulgence. Some things I don’t understand, and I welcome your perspective.