now against epstein. as well as powerful figures who shared his company. face serious allegations because of it. reporter: all jeffrey cared about was getting more girls. his appetite. jeffrey as in epstein. the hedge fund manager investigated for child abuse sexual abuse and trafficking young women. before opening an investment firm. back in 2008 the fbi began investigating his alleged tvs with young girls who today in their 20s and 30s. some spoke. i have seen hundreds and hundreds of girls go through his swinging door. dozens of them. all with similar stories of sexual abuse. even down to the details of what his genitals look like. he would want us to stand next to him and would masturbate while he stared at us and touched us.
and sexual abuse. and intercourse. and a pat on the back. you have done a good job. like, thank you very much. and here s $200. epstein reportedly paid more if the girls engaged in oral sex. or intercourse. according to the police. and they all say he wanted them to recruit other young girls to bring to him. by the time i was 16 i brought in up to 75 girls. all the ages of 14, 15, 16. people going from eighth grade to ninth grade. at just school parties. where i would recruit them. here at the palm beach home where much of the abuse took place. according to court documents as far as 201. it s believed he began luring under age girls here with the help of those who worked for him. most of the girls range in age from 13 to 16. and came from disadvantaged homes. they had never before seen the exclusive palm beach island.
mean child abuse sexual abuse is a crime no matter who commits it of course you know i saw the speech today live on the internet and when i saw all these bishops who are really the leaders of the church i realize also thinking of my time in in the vatican how slow this big institution is about to change and it s like an elephant you know who has to dance now and and what s what i felt today is that the pope really now is shaking the people and and pointing out that in the midst of everything has have to be the victims and and they came from all over the world and the situation is very different in different parts of the world and he stressed in the beginning of his speech and for me it was really impressive to see how serious he spoke so do you think it was a good thing that the pope said what he said about bringing people to justice. yes
across the university is in berlin also worked at the vatican for ten years the former. us someone who as we said you spent a lot of time in the vatican. why do you think it took so long for the church to face up to what happened is these were crimes that were committed not just sins i mean child abuse sexual abuse is a crime no matter who commits it of course you know i saw the speech today live on the internet and when i saw all these bishops who are really the leaders of the church i realize also thinking of my time in in the vatican how slow this big institution is about to change and it s like an elephant you know who has to dance now and and what s what i felt today is that the pope really now is shaking the people and and pointing out that in the midst of everything has to have to be the victims and and they came from from all over the world and the situation is very