A Bridgewater State University administrator has been arrested for failing to report suspicions that children were raped in the university’s day care, and for trying to keep a lid on the allegations.

Judith Ritacco, 53, of Boylston surrendered to police and was charged with witness intimidation, reckless child endangerment, misleading investigators and failing to report abuse as a mandated reporter, according to a statement from BSU.

Kyle Loughlin, 21, of Wrentham was arrested last week and has been charged with raping two boys between the ages of 4 and 5. Loughlin, a student at BSU, was working in the child care center Ritacco was the director of at the time of the alleged abuse. Loughlin is being held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing Monday.

Ritacco, considered a mandated reporter in her role as the director of BSU’s child care center, failed to file a 51A report, as required by law when child abuse is suspected, and told a subordinate it would be dealt with internally, authorities said.

The arrest comes after police executed a search warrant late last week and seized Ritacco’s personal computer, according to BSU.

Despite the arrest, Ritacco is still on paid administrative leave, an arrangement that was described as contractual, according to Eva Gaffney, a BSU spokeswoman. Ritacco will be arraigned today in Brockton District Court.