Montana · Montana Code Annotated — Title 45, Crimes
MCA Title 45 § 45-5-627: Ritual abuse of minor -- exceptions -- penalty
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits ritual abuse of a minor by purposely or knowingly engaging in sexual abuse, assault, killing, simulated torture, corpse desecration, forced ingestion of bodily waste, coffin/grave confinement, or threats against a minor as part of a ceremony, rite, ritual, or training. First offense carries 2–20 years imprisonment; repeat offense carries 2–40 years.
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