Both McCormack and Daily have been named as defendants in several civil lawsuits filed in connection with Geoghan's molestations. These suits accuse them of negligence for allegedly knowing of the abuse and doing nothing to stop it. Also named were Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., and Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes of New Orleans. These priests tell parishioners to confess sins for the good of their soul. As supposed men of God, they should be confessing, but they have helped men of evil to do evil and they are lawyering up.