bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out,
chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste,
lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, trounce,
vituperate
Contexto
Whistleblower priest Father Glen Walsh told his next-door neighbour that the Vatican had instructed him to be a hostile witness when he was called to testify against an Archbishop accused of concealing crimes of sexual abuse.
Neighbour Jamie Hay said he chatted to Father Walsh in October 2017, about 10 days before he took his life and three weeks before the Archbishop's trial was due to begin. Father Walsh was expecting a visit from a senior member of the clergy, who he planned to take to task over the number of paedophile priests being housed by the Catholic Church.