Ex-Professor of Salem Indicted on Abuse Charges

By Duncan Adams
Roanoke Times
June 6, 2012

http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/309823

Guy Adam Ritter Jr., 92, of Salem was indicted Monday by a Botetourt County grand jury on five counts of taking indecent liberties with a child for incidents that allegedly occurred during the 1970s.

Botetourt County Commonwealth's Attorney Joel Branscom said Ritter was arrested Tuesday in Salem.

According to court records, the molestation charges against Ritter are related to offenses that allegedly occurred in 1970, 1972, 1974 and 1976. According to a Roanoke College biography of Ritter, he is a prominent alumnus of the college, a former professor there and an ordained Lutheran minister.

Branscom said an alleged victim of Ritter's informed his office several months ago that he had been molested by Ritter and that the case was referred for investigation to the Botetourt County Sheriff's Office. He said investigators also have interviewed a second alleged victim.