Chavez co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) in 1962 and died in 1993 at the age of 66. His work as a union leader and civil rights activist is remembered through César Chavez Day on March 31, and in the names of countless streets, government buildings, and more.

On Wednesday, a New York Times investigation reported that Chavez had allegedly groomed and sexually abused underage girls. The report details Chavez’s pattern of sexual abuse of women in the labor movement, including Dolores Huerta, who founded UFW alongside Chavez.

“I have kept this secret long enough. My silence ends here,” Huerta wrote in a statement published after the investigation, detailing her own experiences with Chavez. “I have never identified myself as a victim, but I now understand that I am a survivor—of violence, of sexual abuse, of domineering men who saw me, and other women, as property, or things to control.”

Civil Eats has not independently verified the Times allegations. The investigation included interviews with those allegedly assaulted by Chavez, along with documents of union records, emails, and more.

The UFW has said it will not participate in celebrations of its co-founder planned for later this month due to the allegations, which they called “shocking” and “indefensible.”

Members of Congress are grappling with the allegations and how to support farmworkers while separating Chavez from the movement’s legacy.

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus said in a statement Wednesday that it is committed to renaming streets, post offices, vessels, and holidays that commemorate Chavez, to “instead honor our community and the farmworkers whose struggle defined the movement.”