When you say the church. I am assuming you mean the LDS church. As I understand it the baptist church was bigger into scouting then the LDS church . They jumped ship for the same reasons.The church cut ties when they BSA started making changes that were not on line with the beliefs and morals that they believed in.
Interesting info. It states that the Mormon church is several times worse when it comes to sexual assault on Boy Scouts than Catholic Church.
New Sundance documentary features Boy Scouts and LDS Church sexual abuse case
While Brian Knappenberger was working on a documentary about a billionaire trying to deep-six a national news website, he came across a different billionaire who also was critical of media coverage — specifically, reporting in Idaho about sexual abuse, the Boy Scouts of America and The Church of...www.sltrib.com