Complex sentence: Women under trial as witches were forced to confess that they had sexual contact with the devil in the form of an animal, in this regard however the goat was in the minority of forms the devil was cited as to have taken.
Split into simpler sentences: Women under trial as witches were forced to confess that they had sexual contact with the devil in the form of an animal. In this regard however the goat was of the minority of forms the devil was cited to have taken.