Mormons and Boy Scouts
Michigan announces 1st charges in Boy Scouts investigation
By David Eggert — March 10, 2022
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Mark Chapman is accused of sexually assaulting two boys at the time he was a scoutmaster in the Detroit suburb of Roseville, where he also worked in and attended The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The top 10 changes President Russell M. Nelson has made in the LDS church
By Jana Riess — January 18, 2022
(RNS) — While many Mormons — including me — expected a Nelson presidency to be staid and uneventful, it’s been full of pleasant surprises.
Will Mormons’ departure from the Boy Scouts open the door for girls’ equality?
By Jana Riess — May 9, 2018
(RNS) — After more than a century of Mormon attention to boys' development through the Boy Scout program, it’s past time to direct our time and money to LDS girls the world over.
Mormons scale back involvement with Boy Scouts. What’s behind it?
By Jana Riess — May 11, 2017
(RNS) The announcement that the LDS church is reducing its association with the Boy Scouts is part of a larger pattern of retrenching in its own programs when it's concerned about its youth.
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