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.

  • certified_expert@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Yes, somebody else also pointed out that we cannot trust the legal system to sentence the correct person (either due to corruption or legitimate mistakes).

    Under the perspective of the “not undoable punishment”. Is the death penalty also, never acceptable, or is there some nuance, in your opinion?

    Thanks for the discussion :)

    • bold_omi@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      10 days ago

      In my personal opiniom, the death penalty is not as bad as mutilation. Having said that, I think there is no moral way to kill a person who does not wish to die. I oppose the death penalty for a lot of reasons.