I agree - very Christian of you to turn the other cheek. This is far too serious for it to be dealt with in-house - the VAFA MUST do something to protect its reputation which is beginning to suffer.
That said, the challenge is out there: Elsternwick - do you have the courage to suspend him and show that your club won't stand for that behaviour? An attack of that severity would warrant a serious suspension - will the club be bold enough to do it? I notice none of their players are on here trying to defend him either...
And the last time your club gave an in-house suspension to a player for an on the field incident not picked-up by the umpires was when?