There are people like this. Luckily they are few and far between. The important thing to remember is that we "don't take secrecy as a fetish". If he were to go and say something to a non-teke, it is likely that they will forget it because it is meaningless to them. Additionally and more importantly, someone else knowing something does not reduce its meaning to you. There are really two ways to handle a guy like this: first, try to get him re-engaged with Teke because he obviously still cares enough about the Fraternity to remember important stuff. If that doesn't work, next you would want to appeal to his sense of respect. Convince him that others would be insulted by his frankness.
On a complete side note, the Silver Book is a published book and so is available to anyone provided that they know where to look and are motivated to go read it. Secrets are always less secret than you think they are.
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