If you use or speak of in anyway way any information that he shared/gossiped with you (that you said you tucked away for a rainy day) about anyone then that would not only dishonorable but also disgusting. It should beyond all pastors to do anything like that. You are to live your life above reproach!!
Sandy
Definitions of 'reproach' (rĭ-prōch) - 5 definitions - The American Heritage® Dictionary
reproach (v.) To express disapproval of, criticism of, or disappointment in (someone). See synonyms at admonish
reproach (v.) To bring shame upon; disgrace.
reproach (n.) Blame; rebuke.
Reproach \Re*proach"\, n. [F. reproche. See Reproach, v.]
1. The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach.
No reproaches even, even when pointed and barbed with the sharpest wit, appeared to give him pain. --Macaulay.
Give not thine heritage to reproach. --Joel ii. 17.
2. A cause of blame or censure; shame; disgrace.
3. An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision.
Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. --Neh. ii. 17.
Syn: Disrepute; discredit; dishonor; opprobrium; invective; contumely; reviling; abuse; vilification; scurrility; insolence; insult; scorn; contempt; ignominy; shame; scandal;; disgrace; infamy.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Reproach \Re*proach"\ (r?-pr?ch"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reproached (-pr?cht"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reproaching.]
[F. reprocher, OF. reprochier, (assumed) LL. reproriare; L. pref. re- again, against, back + prope near; hence, originally, to bring near to, throw in one's teeth. Cf. Approach.]
1. To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace. [Obs.]
I thought your marriage fit; else imputation, For that he knew you, might reproach your life. --Shak.
2. To attribute blame to; to allege something disgracefull against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid.
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ. --1 Peter iv. 14.
That this newcomer, Shame, There sit not, and reproach us as unclean. --Milton.
Mezentius . . . with his ardor warmed His fainting friends, reproached their shameful flight. Repelled the victors. --Dryden.
Syn: To upbraid; censure; blame; chide; rebuke; condemn; revile; vilify.
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