The Australian police are conducting an investigation on the Vatican's Secretary of the Prefecture for Economic Affairs , who is suspected of child molestation , reports the AFP . "We 're investigating the case , the investigation is underway ," said the spokesman of Victoria (  Australia) Graham Ashton . According to him , there is no decision yet to submit an indictment . The ABC television reports that the investigation has been going on for a year . The accusations of Pell go back to the 1970-1990-ies .