Two Catholic priests accused of sexually assaulting minors were allowed to remain active at their churches, despite the archdiocese being made aware of their alleged behavior, according to a new lawsuit.

Church officials either concealed or misrepresented the sexually abusive histories of Father Donald Timone and Monsignor John Paddack, according to the suit against the Archdiocese of New York filed Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Timone was accused of sexually abusing the late husband of one of the suit’s plaintiffs when he was in his teens from 1966 to 1970, according to court papers.

The victim, who committed suicide in 2015, reported the alleged abuse to the archdiocese in 2003, prompting the church to temporarily suspend Timone during an internal investigation.

Timone was eventually allowed back to work.

In 2017, the wife of the alleged victim received a settlement from the archdiocese after formally filing a sexual abuse claim against Timone on behalf of her late husband.

Despite the payout, the archdiocese vouched for Timone, writing in a December 2018 letter to the Diocese of San Diego that he hasn’t been the target of sexual abuse claims, according to the suit.

Later that month, however, Timone was suspended after the San Diego church learned of his accusations from a news report.

Paddack is accused of sexually abusing one of the suit’s plaintiffs in the early 2000s, the suit says.

The archdiocese received another report of abuse against Paddack in 2014, but it kept the accusations secret and Paddack was able to continue working at the Church of Notre Dame, the suit alleges.

In a statement, the archdiocese said, “The allegations against Fr. Timone and Fr. Paddack were shared with law enforcement, and both are currently out of ministry while the archdiocese investigates these new allegations against them.”

It added, “The earlier claims against them were carefully investigated and reviewed, and were found not to be substantiated.”