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A Peek Inside The Vast Global Real Estate Portfolio Of The Church Of Scientology - Business Insider
18 January 2012, 3:07 pm
BY Eric Goldschein



According to the official Scientology website, there are over 8,500 Scientology Churches, Missions and affiliated groups in 165 countries around the world.

That's a lot of space for a religion that was born out of a science fiction novel.

Even more impressive is that many of Scientology's major real estate holdings were acquired in the past decade. From 2004 to 2011, Scientology claims to have doubled its portfolio with 23 new churches.

Hundreds of millions of dollars have gone into buying up landmark businesses, renovating them and rebranding them as ornate Scientology centers — perhaps in an attempt to alter the religion's reputation as a shadowy cult.

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