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<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. &#8212; Undercover inspectors have determined that a building registered as a church was being operated as a sex club.</p><p>WTVF-TV reports the city of Nashville has filed a complaint against the owners for &#8220;maintaining a public nuisance by permitting acts of lewd conduct&#8221; and violating a state law banning sex clubs from operating within 1,000 feet of a school.</p><p>The longtime downtown swingers club underwent a conversion in 2015 when it relocated to a run-down office park in the community of Madison, calling itself a church because the new location is near the back of the private Goodpasture Christian School.</p><p>Two codes inspectors paid $40 to enter the facility in March and filed affidavits detailing sex acts they witnessed within.</p><p>The city is seeking to close the club.</p><style>
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Undercover officials discover registered church is a sex club