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I read about this the day the ruling came out and my first thought was something along the lines of "so, basically, torture's legal so long as it happens in the context of a religious ceremony or ritual?"
This is especially infuriating considering that the girl subject to the exorcism was subject to it because of her parents, and because she was a minor had no ability to intervene and say "no."