I think what happens is that the elite did their pre-internet censorship equivalent, an downplay it or ridicule it in the history books. Think of the ridicule and contempt we are told to use the term 'satanic panic' - when it is actually precisely what is required today - sort of.

You recall Salem witch-burnings? Male witches too. I have been wondering whether that was a pizzagate cleanse.....

you may also consider, in times of monarchy if you called the king or queen a paedo, you'd likely be hung. So how did they get the information out to warn fellow citizens? They encoded it in fables, stories, nursery rhymes. Hansel and Gretel, red riding hood, etc