The few times I gave him occasion to be dissatisfied with me—as when I failed to play a hymn at the correct tempo the single time I was accompanist at our Sunday church service—he berated me without pity, his harsh temper provoked at the slightest displeasure.
Definite red flag. Her mother said the harassing the transcriptionist was because of his advocacy for black people,which was believable. But this supports the abusive tendency.