jermy Bell
Registered User
I am embarrassed to say that I am a member of Illinois grand lodge. We have had issues with a brother, that loves to beat his wife, found out he lied on his application, he has been to court many times for domestic violence, threatened other brothers with physical harm, so we brought masonic charges against him, did all the paper work, etc etc, and beaten with the Constitution.now we have played by the rules, and have followed our Constitution and bylaws to the letter, when we ask the grand lodge and grand master for help, we get we don't wanna look bad and don't wanna get involved, so, finally they send the area GMDD, TO SCARE the lodge with how much money it will cost the lodge for a trial. And that it was more than likely not be in our favor to get this brother out, he is also a shriner and they don't wanna get involved. I and others see that our lodge, ( what is left of it ) and grand lodge is crooked. This problem is known quite well at least 75 miles in each direction. If this is how Grand Lodges handle things, it's no wonder that masonry is becoming a thing of the past.