MARYLAND
Capital Gazette
Thu May 9, 2013.
By BEN WEATHERS and TIM PRATT bweathers@capgaznews.com tpratt@capgaznews.com
Anne Arundel County police arrested a Monsignor Slade Catholic School assistant principal on drug charges Tuesday while investigating allegations of sexual abuse at the Glen Burnie school, according to charging documents.
Robert Ritz, 59, was charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia after police searched his home in Brooklyn Park Tuesday and found marijuana, pipes, rolling papers and other items. The search was in reference to a former student’s allegations of sexual abuse by staff at the school in the mid 2000s, police said.
Police also conducted a search of the school on Tuesday, though no charges were filed related to the sexual abuse allegations as of Thursday morning.
“The police indicate that their investigation is ongoing and no charges related to the sexual abuse allegation have been filed at this time,” Barbara Edmonson, superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, said in a letter to parents.
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