CNA Newsroom, Aug 7, 2025 / 09:53 am

Marine Rosset, the newly appointed president of France’s largest Catholic-inspired scouting organization, resigned less than two months after her election amid intense criticism over her support for abortion rights and her homosexual relationship.

After announcing her resignation on Aug. 6, the 39-year-old Socialist Party member explained her decision in an interview with the Catholic daily La Croix , saying the “situation had become untenable” and expressing her desire to “protect the movement.”

Rosset was elected president of the Scouts et Guides de France (SGDF) on June 14 by a decisive vote of 22 to 2, with one abstention.

The SGDF is France’s largest scouting association with over 100,000 members. The association was formed in 2004 through th

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