NXIVM leader Keith Raniere and Allison Mack appear in a group of videos titled "Keith Raniere Conversations," that were published on YouTube on April 9, 2017. (Keith Raniere Conversations/YouTube)

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Keith Raniere told top NXIVM disciples that some small children are "perfectly happy" having sexual experiences with adults and that it is "society" that considers it abuse, a video shown at his trial revealed Friday.Raniere, 58, also dictated curriculum in NXIVM teachings that women have reported an "unexpected experience of freedom, which occurs during rape."Raniere's remarks on video, played during the testimony of FBI agent Michael Weginer, represent the final piece of evidence that prosecutors presented at the trial of Raniere in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn.The alleged self-help guru faces allegations that include an accusation he had a sex with a 15-year-old Mexican girl and kept pornographic images of her in a townhouse in Halfmoon, New York.Earlier Friday, Judge Nicholas Garaufis scheduled closing arguments for Monday.Raniere pontificated about child sexual abuse as he spoke to supporters in a Skype-type exchange. The man known as "Vanguard" appeared adamant as he explained to supporters that many people who "scream abuse" do not understand what they are speaking about."So they abuse abuse," an unshaven Raniere, clad in a black jacket, told devotees, including actress Allison Mack, a top member of his secret "master/slave" club within the purported self-help organization.Related: Actress Catherine Oxenberg's fight to save her daughter from NXIVMRaniere suggested some children are "adult-like" and are mentally capable of experiencing sex with adults. He noted the age of consent varies from country to country and state to state."What's abuse in one area is not abuse in another," Raniere said."Some little children are perfectly happy with that (experience)," Raniere said. "It's more society that abuses them than the parent."Assistant U.S. Attorney Moira Penza also played a video of NXIVM President Nancy Salzman speaking at a meeting. On the video, Salzman parroted what Raniere had previously said. Salzman made the remarks during a meeting of Jness, a women's group within NXIVM.Salzman, who pleaded guilty in March to federal offenses connected to the federal investigation of NXIVM, suggested that the blame in cases of child sex abuse should, in some cases, be something NXIVM students "have to think out for themselves.Penza showed literature from NXIVM described as "The Human Experience.""If someone comes from a country where adults orally stimulate children and they find out, according to American culture they have been abused. Have they? Who did the abusing?" the literature asked."The abuser is our culture. Our society," it read.Raniere is charged with racketeering, sex trafficking, forced labor and conspiracy. The racketeering charges include underlying alleged acts of possession of child pornography, sexual exploitation of a child, extortion, identity theft and fraud.