Stripper poles, a lingerie shop and a room called "The Dungeon" weren't enough to keep a church in Athens, Ga. from buying a new piece of real estate.

The Athens Link Fellowship recently purchased both Chelsea's Strip Club and The Fantasy World Lingerie Shop, looking to convert the previously salacious establishments into places for worship, television station WAGA reported Tuesday.

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“This court considers that and refusal to acknowledge [Petrie] as the broker to be marks of dishonesty and greed,” Ramos writes in the Oct. 23 decision awarding Petrie’s employer, Sotheby’s, $1.2 million.

“Both characteristics are particularly unbecoming when exhibited by those blessed with great wealth,” the judge scolds.