I’m disappointed to see this but not surprised. As you see in the article, the LDS church has been associated with Scouting for over 100 years. It provided a ready made program for teenage boys fully compatible with the church’s beliefs without the need to create a full program. I’m also certain the church leadership’s heavy involvement with the scouting leadership over the years was also a factor in the church trying to stay with the scouts as much as they have.
I can only assume that in the past year or two, further changes have made it impossible to stay with the Boy Scouts any more. The church leadership has never made changes like this quickly. I think they are now in a transition period which will eventually end with the church ending it’s association with the Scouts completely. I can only assume that replacement, solely church based, programs are at least, almost ready and may be even modeled after the already existing programs for girls, as the church has never worked with the Girl Scouts.
It is strange, in CA, our strongest scouts came from the Mormon Church, Maybe that’s a little bit of an exaggeration, but not much.
I hope the Mormons know what they are doing.
The older scout groups were where adults were made.