Mormons to stay with Scouting — for now - from TRUNEWS

The Mormon church said Wednesday that it will stay on with the Boy Scouts of America — for now.

The church, which is America’s largest sponsor of Scout troops, said it had received “verbal assurances” from the BSA that it expects chartering organizations to appoint Scout leaders who reflect their religious and moral values in “word and deed, and who will best inculcate the [chartering] organization’s values through the Scouting program.”

“At this time, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints will go forward as a chartering organization of BSA, and as in the past, will appoint Scout leaders and volunteers who uphold and exemplify Church doctrine, values and standards,” senior Mormon leaders said in a statement.

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