Moose International review: Unwanted touching and sexual harassment

A few months ago, someone joined our lodge, who I have a not so good or safe past with. About a month after him joining, he came up to me in the bar area, when no one but the bartender was there, with her back to me, and wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me against him. I pushed him away from me and walked out of the bar. It was all caught on camera. I was scared to report it, because in the past, the cops told me unless he physically harms me, nothing can be done, but I was assured the Moose would be a safe place for me, so I reported it. A month ago I guess they had a hearing for him, not sure what came from it, since I was unaware of it. On Wednesday, 4-16-2025 I was asked by a member if I had been talked to yet about the results of the hearing, which had happened a month prior. I had stated no, and that's when I learned, that his only punishment was that he was to not talk to me and I was to not talk to him. I don't know how the inappropriate behavior I experienced was dropped down to an elementary level punishment. I am a victim of trauma and suffer from PTSD. SO now, I am being told that I have to relieve my trauma every time I go to the Moose, because just seeing him causes a panic attack. But has I was informed, he has right, and my side of the story doesn't need to be heard since my assault happened on camera, and I am guessing his rights trump mine due to him being male and I being female. Since Wednesday 4-16-2025 night, I have not been able to stop crying, I have so far missed two days of work, due to the mental stress, due to past trauma, I have to have people watch me due to suicidal tendencies. I have decided to write up a victim statement report, to read to my lodge at their next meeting, but after that I will not be stepping foot into that lodge ever again. They took away the right for me to feel safe in that place ever again. I feel it would benefit All Moose Lodges to consider mandating all officers of the boards to take a Trauma Impact course in order to serve on a board. I pray that no female of the Moose ever is put in a situation like, I was. I lost all my rights to feel safe, heard, and protected from the actions of my Moose Lodge board members. One last thing, it was only one or two members on the board who's actions I am talking about. There is so many amazing people in my Moose lodge, and a lot of them serve on the board, but the decision was left on one person to decide, and I feel he handled it in the most inappropriate way.