Moser no longer Managing Director at SOS Children's Villages

The organization announced this to the APA on Wednesday afternoon. Moser's contract was terminated on December 5, it was said. SOS Children's Village requested understanding in this context, stating that "no further information can be provided for labor law reasons."

Moser had been active in various roles for SOS Children's Village for nearly three decades and had significantly shaped the strategic and economic development of the organization, it was stated. "The supervisory board acknowledges his long-standing commitment and the services he has rendered," said a statement from SOS Children's Village. Moser recently came under criticism after his role in addressing the abuse case left open questions.

Additionally, the supervisory board has now decided that risk analyses for child protection should be conducted at all locations in the future. This is "a central step to identify and address potential weaknesses in child protection," said the chairman of the supervisory board, Friedrich Santner. "It was firmly agreed that the results should be available by the end of 2026 and incorporated into practice improvements."

External Psychologist Supports Organization

To further support the ongoing internal review, SOS Children's Village has also commissioned a clinical psychologist. She is to assist the management and the responsible departments in the systematic review of indications of child protection violations and in the further development of case management. This includes, in particular, reviewing processes in case handling and quality assurance, as well as developing a guideline for individual case review. The expert works closely with child protection, victim protection, quality management, compliance, and organizational development.

To meet the increased demand in the current situation and in addressing historical cases, the victim protection team has also been internally strengthened in terms of personnel. This continues the "course announced in October" consistently, said Managing Director Annemarie Schlack.

Executive Summaries of Studies Online

Furthermore, the organization announced on Wednesday that anonymized summaries of the independent studies on the Imst and Moosburg locations are now available on the homepage. "This is intended to make the central findings of the investigations and the structural consequences derived from them comprehensible," it was stated to the APA. The current reporting figures in child protection and victim protection are also available.

At the beginning of 2026, SOS Children's Village intends to evaluate the measures already initiated to strengthen child protection, victim protection, and internal control and to inform about the next stages in the transformation process.

(APA/Red)

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