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Friend Disclosed Reproached Sentence Difference Secret 1st Expressed

Front What's the difference between: "His friend reproached him for having disclosed the secret" and "His friend reproached him with having disclosed the secret"?
Back in the 1st sentence, he had disclosed the secret and his friend expressed regret that he had done so. In the 2nd sentence, his friend assumed he had disclosed the secret, and blamed him for doing so.

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