A Cedarville University professor and author on Christian sexual ethics has been arrested on eight felony charges, including rape and sexual battery involving a minor.

A former Cedarville University finance professor whose writings promote a Christian ethic of marriage and sexuality was arrested Tuesday on eight sex-related felony charges involving one or more minors.

The indictment, filed March 27 in Ohio’s Greene County Common Pleas Court, charges John Kent Tarwater with two counts of rape, three counts of sexual battery and three counts of gross sexual imposition.

He was booked into Greene County jail in southwest Ohio, where he remained in custody as of Wednesday morning. No defense counsel was listed in public court records, and no hearing or trial dates were disclosed.

  • JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    10·
    6 days ago

    These people can’t even follow societal ethics, let alone the dogma they set. Yet people will continue to swallow thought patterns whole for the freedom to not think.

    • Gathorall@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      The point of religion is to place yourself above societal ethics with an excuse not to feel bad about failing to match them since your deity loves child molesters or however anyway.

        • Gathorall@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          5 days ago

          Well the specifics in other religions are a little different but all have a part about pushing your moral responsibility and development on something else. You are never at fault, or are always at fault so it doesn’t matter. And even if it doesn’t matter you apply scripture so facing legal punishment is unnecessary.

          Religion is for people of no morals or intelligence to supplant both.