Currents: Taylor Frankie Paul Leaves Church; Why Religious Runners Are So Fast; An AI Jesus and More

Taylor Frankie Paul, the centerpiece of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives continues to make the news though it has been three weeks since her world crashed around her. She had been slotted as the star of ABC’s The Bachelorette, and then when a video went viral of her throwing barstools and physically assaulting her partner Dakota Mortensen in front of her child, in an unprecedented move, the network canceled the series just days before it was supposed to air. In addition, Secret Lives suspended filming of the next season.

This flew through social media and other media, large and small. It’s certainly the biggest “Mormon” story in the media of the last while. The stories continue following her:

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