Personally, I'd be very, very careful about tellling him how you feel about this sort of thing. I know it's supposed to be the best way to handle this kind of stuff, but based on my own personal experience which is eerily similiar to what martin is describing I'd think twice about sharing feelings.
Seems that martin's dad, as has been suggested, is having trouble with the whole role of being a father. As such, he probably - even likely - has it ingrained in him that sharing feelings is a sign of weakness. That's not the case, of course, but in his mind, sharing feelings is for encounter groups and wimpy people who can't manage to fix things on their own.
Martin, you can't change him. You also don't know what sort of demons he's wrestling with right now. He probably felt hurt, angry and betrayed because you moved in with your mum instead of staying with him.
You might suggest going to a family consellor with him because you want a better relationship, but frankly I doubt whether he'd be receptive to that. Might be worth a try though.
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