The Archdiocese of Cincinnati has severed links with the Girl Scouts of the USA, marking the end of a more than 100-year-long partnership. It follows a seven-month impasse in which leaders of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati clashed with the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio over the group's alleged promotion of a “sexual and gender ideology” contrary to Catholic teaching.
Archbishop Dennis Schnurr announced that the partnership will end in a 28 October letter. The archbishop states that the decision is a response to an “impoverished worldview regarding gender and sexuality” that Girl Scouts of the USA has “embraced and promoted” in recent years. The partnership will come to a close, Schnurr said, by the end of 2025 after more than 100 years.
