Fr Peter Confeggi, a parish priest at Mount Druitt, said there was also a “large amount of dissatisfaction” with the spirituality that will be taught during the event, with many fearing it would be a right wing brand of Catholicism.
Others within the Church who did not want to be named told The Sun-Herald of similar concerns about the six day event, which will cost the Church an estimated $150 million and NSW taxpayers at least $86 million.
“There is a great dissatisfaction with the Restorationist spirituality, which is also devoid of any commitment to social justice,” Fr Confeggi said.
Fr Confeggi said his parish was one of the most disadvantaged in Sydney. He said the Church and state funds could be directed elsewhere, including to the 120,000 people sleeping homeless in Australia or education of the disadvantaged.
