A San Antonio pediatrician accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy during an annual checkup is no longer employed, CentroMed told KSAT on Monday.

Gabriel Perez, 50, was arrested Friday on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child.

According to an arrest affidavit, the boy reported to his parents an assault that occurred in 2022, when he was 13 years old. Perez had been the boy’s pediatrician since he was around 5 or 6 years old, the San Antonio Police Department said in a preliminary report.

“We were deeply disturbed to learn of the recent arrest of Dr. Gabriel Perez and sincerely regret any distress or harm this alleged incident has caused our patients and their families,” CentroMed said in a statement.

The affidavit states Perez would allegedly ask the boy’s mother to

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