VIENNA (Reuters) -SOS Children’s Villages, a charity active in more than 130 countries, said on Thursday its founder committed sexual and physical abuse over decades before his death in 1986, and it has records of eight cases in which compensation was paid.

The Austrian aid group, founded in 1949 to help children orphaned in World War Two, made the announcement as it deals with allegations of mistreatment in recent years at several of its centres in Austria. It is planning a “restart” while looking into current and historic allegations of abuse.

“In recent weeks, further victims and employees have come forward in the course of the investigation,” SOS Children’s Villages said in a statement, adding that it follows up on every report and has “intensified” its internal research into histori

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