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A growing group of dissident Anglicans who broke away from the Anglican Church of Canada over opposition to same-sex blessings amassed nearly $6 million in donations in the last fiscal year.
And 22 per cent of those donations were made specifically to the Anglican Network in Canada's (ANiC) legal defence fund, to bankroll the dissidents' continuing battle with the Diocese of New Westminster over who owns the church buildings.
According to financial statements filed with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) by the ANiC, the registered charity received $5.9 million in donations in the 2008-09 fiscal year, the most recent data available.
Donors funnelled $1.3 million to the legal defence fund, while the rest of the donations went to the ANiC's general fund and a parish development fund, according to reports The Sun requested from the CRA.
The amounts represent a significant jump over the $1 million in total donations the fledgling organization received the previous year, in 2007-08.
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