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.
Tarwater, 55, has been listed in Cedarville academic catalogs as a business and finance faculty member since 2017, rising from assistant professor to professor of finance in the Robert W. Plaster School of Business.
Three years ago, a Cedarville University news release noted the school’s designation as the state’s “Most Collegiest Town” by The Washington Post. “Melding town culture with university culture” set the town apart, the release said, adding, “It’s also professors like Dr. John Tarwater, associate professor of finance, watching one of his 11 children on the (basketball) court.”
Cedarville professor, author on Christian sexual ethics, arrested on eight sex felonies
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