The issue focused on how well state officials can protect child protection workers and children from sexual abuse, which is one of the most common forms of child abuse.

Perez has been with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services since 2010, when he was arrested for helping an adult woman into a private room in his home. He told police that he had sex with her but could not remember what happened.

This week, Perez said that he does not know if he actually forced himself on the woman