The statue of Cesar Chavez at the University of Texas at Austin is being removed, university officials told The New York Times.

The decision was made in the wake of revelations The Times published that Mr. Chavez, the United Farm Workers co-founder, sexually abused multiple women and girls over the years.

Dozens of other markers honoring the civil rights icon have been removed in the last few months, including statues in Tucson, Ariz., and at California State University in Fresno. Several cities and states have also canceled or rebranded celebrations named for Mr. Chavez, who died in 1993.

One of the leading civil rights icons in the country, Mr. Chavez and other leaders of the United Farm Workers union kicked off strikes that resulted in more rights for laborers and greater awareness of their working conditions. In March, The Times reported that Mr. Chavez, as he was building his labor movement, abused the female activists around him, including Dolores Huerta, the union’s co-founder.

The statue at UT Austin, which occupies a central spot on the west mall of the campus, was placed in 2007.