February 6, 2026 | 08:11 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The recent disclosure of millions of documents related to the late American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, commonly known as the "Epstein Files," has resurfaced a 2017 interview with former Dutch banker Ronald Bernard. He alleged that ritualistic child sacrifices are practiced among the global financial elite.
In the 2017 interview with Netherlands-based DVM TV, as quoted by Anadolu, Bernard stated that individuals from the upper echelons of the financial world he dealt with mostly adhered to "Luciferian" beliefs.
"You can say, religion is a fairy tale, God doesn't exist, none of that is real. Well, for these people, it is truth and reality, and they served something immaterial, what they called Lucifer," he said.
Bernard noted that he visited places called the "Churches of Satan," where they held Holy Mass with "naked women and liquor," though he emphasized that he was "far from convinced if any of this was real."
"But then at some point, I was invited, which is why I'm telling you all this, to participate in sacrifices abroad. That was the breaking point. Children," he said.
When asked if he was requested to sacrifice children, he affirmed and added that he could not do it. "Unfortunately, the truth is that worldwide they have been doing this for thousands of years," Bernard further stated.
This story adds to the gravity of testimonies emerging in the recent Epstein Files. As reported by Mint this week, one document containing email summaries or interview notes, a victim stating he "was also raped by George Bush 1," with the name appearing as a referenced party rather than in Epstein's personal records.
The files also include other claims associated with the same source. On the social media platform X, a user shared a screenshot of a document showing email correspondence containing a note from an alleged Epstein victim: "Thanks M, I didn't realize Bush raped him too. Ok."
The documents also mention details such as a witness on a cruise ship seeing an African-American man having sex with a blonde woman, both bleeding during the encounter.
"He was a victim of a type of ritualistic sacrifice in which his feet were cut with a scimitar but left no scarring. On the yacht he witnessed babies being dismembered, their intestines removed, and individuals eating the feces from these intestines."
The latest batch of Epstein-related documents released by the US Department of Justice last week mentioned several prominent figures. Epstein was found dead in a New York City prison cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Newly released emails also provide insight into the treatment of victims. As reported by Anadolu, a 2013 email from Epstein to a former French diplomat mentioned his Caribbean island had "an aquarium full of girls." In another correspondence, Epstein compared women to shrimp, stating, "You throw away the head and keep the body."
Survivors and victims' families continue to argue that the released documents fall short of legal requirements. They claim that much crucial information regarding the extent of elite involvement in these activities remains omitted or redacted.
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