Ah, but cathedral officials didn’t even notice what was going on (the presence of CNN cameras notwithstanding) until thousands of Catholics sent angry notes indicating that they (in the words of the semi-chastened priests at the cathedral)”share our outrage” over the spectacle those same priests had just facilitated.
I watched the clips at the site, and it was obvious that the officiating priest knew EXACTLY what was going on. He pandered to the crowd and chuckled, enjoying the whole pagan spectacle. Any claim of ignorance by cathedral officials is a lie.