What is "accuses"

Usage examples of "accuses".

The bishop replied that the secrets of confession are inviolable, that Christians burn the priest who reveals them, and absolve those whom he accuses, because the avowal made by the guilty to the priest is proscribed by the Christian religion, on pain of eternal damnation.

She summons me to keep my promise, and accuses me of deceiving her, so you may imagine that my situation is an unhappy one.