08-03-2025
Manchester High School teacher charged with sexual assault of a student 13 years ago
MANCHESTER — A Manchester High School social studies teacher has been charged with sexual assault, accused of having a months-long sexual relationship with one of his female students 13 years ago, according to police documents.
Ryan T. Ramsay, 45, of West Creek, was arrested late last month and charged with sexual assault stemming from "numerous acts of sexual penetration'' on a pupil over whom he had supervisory or disciplinary power in his role as a teacher, a criminal complaint said.
The alleged sexual acts occurred on "numerous occasions'' between Feb. 15, 2012, and June 30, 2012, when the victim was 17 and a senior at the high school, police documents said.
It was unclear why charges are just now being brought against Ramsay.
Detective Jason Apaza of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office and Manchester Detective Victoria Guarino took a statement from the victim on Feb. 7 at the Monmouth County Child Advocacy Center.
During the interview, the former student told the detectives she had a sexual relationship with one of her teachers when she was a senior at Manchester High School, according to an affidavit of probable cause to charge Ramsay.
She said she first began communicating with Ramsay outside of school while playing the online word game "Words With Friends,'' the affidavit said.
Around January of 2012, their conversations turned flirtatious, the affidavit said. The relationship escalated to a sexual one around Feb. 15, 2012, continuing through the end of the school year, the document said.
Sexual acts occurred in a bathroom at the high school and at Ramsay's apartment in Seaside Heights, the affidavit said.
Several former classmates and their siblings gave statements to police corroborating the victim's story of a sexual relationship with Ramsay, the affidavit said.
Ramsay's employment status following his arrest was unclear.
A 17-year veteran of the Manchester school district, his annual salary is listed in public records as $84,626.
The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office was assigned the case by the state Attorney General's Office.
Kathleen Hopkins, a reporter in New Jersey since 1985, covers crime, court cases, legal issues and just about every major murder trial to hit Monmouth and Ocean counties. Contact her at khopkins@
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Manchester High teacher charged in 2012 sex assault of former pupil
