Some obnoxious fellows in far America have been operating what seems like a brothel under the cover of a Christian religious centre.

 Undercover inspectors have determined that a building registered as a church was being operated as a s*x club in Nashville, the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

 WTVF-TV reports that the city of Nashville has filed a complaint against the owners for “maintaining a public nuisance by permitting acts of lewd conduct” and violating a state law banning s*x clubs from operating within 1,000 feet of a school.

 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.

 Two codes inspectors paid $40 to enter the facility in March and filed affidavits detailing s*x acts they witnessed within.

 The city is seeking to close the club.