An open problem concerns primorials plus one having square factors. What about primorials squared plus one?

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No primorial plus one has ever been found that has square factors. However, when I started looking at the square of primorials plus one, I found:

(23#)^2 + 1 = 29^2 * 53 * 1116604864937

I've only searched through 107# so far, but I haven't found any other examples of this happening. Has anyone researched this extensively for powers of primorials and/or have a compelling argument for or against any primorial plus one having a square factor? Thanks for your help :).

PS: The primes (below 107#) are the squares plus one of 2#, 3#, 7#, 11#, 19#, and 53#.