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Suspended Teacher Going to Trial on Sex Abuse Charges

Suspended Teacher Going to Trial on Sex Abuse Charges - Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 5:30PM EST

Reported by: David DeCosmo
Tuesday, Mar 3, 2009 @ 05:30pm EST
PALMYRA TWP., PIKE COUNTY- A Pike County man, awarded for his excellence as a teacher, was in court Tuesday on sexual assault charges.

Investigators say 44-year-old Gregory Ritter of Greentown had sexual contact with a 14-year-old boy between September and November of 2008.

At the hearing the alleged victim confronted Ritter from the witness stand. Assistant District Attorney Bruce DeSarro said, “Any time you have a younger person testify, there are challenges in terms of perhaps being intimidated by the process. But I don't think this juvenile was and he did a really good job of testifying, today. I'm very proud of him. Obviously there will be future steps, a jury trial someday. But I'm confident in his ability to articulate what happened."

In 2000 Ritter earned a Disney American Teacher Award. He's been suspended from his 7th grade teaching job in the Bethlehem Area School District and is free on $100,000.

 


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