The glossy Mormon wives and the swinging scandal convulsing the church

From their bizarre belief that Jesus Christ visited the Native Americans to their well-known fondness for polygamy, Mormons haven’t always made it easy for others to warm to them.

Women like Taylor Frankie Paul, therefore, must have seemed like a godsend to the eccentric American sect. Young, perky and wholesome, she lived in a mansion in ’s Salt Lake City with her equally photogenic husband Tate and their three adorable children.

The videos Taylor relentlessly posted online – showing the family getting dressed for church, washing up dozens of baby-feeding bottles or dancing around her spacious home –– made the life of a conventional young Mormon woman (who generally marry young and rear large families) fascinating to millions.

The glossy Mormon wives and the swinging scandal convulsing the church

From their bizarre belief that Jesus Christ visited the Native Americans to their well-known fondness for polygamy, Mormons haven't always made it easy for others to warm to them.