I was not attending any church at the time, hadn't for decades---I was in the neighborhood visiting a friend who had just moved into a new apartment two blocks away from the cathedral, and we decided to walk over and see the flower gardens. After a while we had a whim to walk inside.
There seemed to be an inordinate number of "other gods" on display. I remember a Buddha, some sort of female fertility figure, a large prayer wheel/dreamcatcher-type construction, and a big rainbow banner that looked like it had been put together by children. There were a lot more objects that I can't remember now. The point is, it all made me very uncomfortable, even back then in my very-irreligious state.
I recall thinking "Well, maybe they're hosting an art exhibit or something" but it just didn't seem like the right place for it. I had been to Catholic churches on occasion, for weddings and funerals, and knew that where they kept their statues of saints was where St. John was displaying...other things...
The circus-like atmosphere (plus an infant and a toddler) made it hard to make out all that was said
But I bet you would have remembered hearing an Episcopal priest invoke Ra and Yemanja and Obatala! LOL
What year was this exactly? That might have been me.