Section 130.53. Persistent sexual abuse  


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  • A  person  is guilty of persistent sexual abuse when he or she commits
      the crime of forcible touching, as defined in  section  130.52  of  this
      article,  sexual abuse in the third degree, as defined in section 130.55
      of this article, or sexual abuse in the second  degree,  as  defined  in
      section  130.60  of  this  article,  and,  within  the previous ten year
      period, has been convicted two  or  more  times,  in  separate  criminal
      transactions  for  which  sentence was imposed on separate occasions, of
      forcible touching, as defined in section 130.52 of this article,  sexual
      abuse  in the third degree as defined in section 130.55 of this article,
      sexual abuse in the second degree, as defined in section 130.60 of  this
      article, or any offense defined in this article, of which the commission
      or attempted commission thereof is a felony.
        Persistent sexual abuse is a class E felony.