Is it normal to be angry when wrongly accused even if i was cleared
I am a health care professional. About eight years ago a 17 year old girl complained to her mother (who had been present through 4 1/2 of 5 treatment sessions) that I had improperly touched her with sexual intent. They went to my regulatory body with the complaint. These bastards took the story seriously though it was an unlikely tale. The disciplinary process took most of a year and involved lawyers on both sides. My legal costs were met by my insurers but of course there was all the time taken out from my practice, the travel costs etc. etc. which resulted in a significant loss to me. I was eventually cleared of all the charges after a hearing which lasted 5 days.
That is part of the story. There is a sting in the tail: A month later my partner checked the website of my regulator and found this against my name: "Suspended/Removed", in red letters. This was obviously untrue. Also when you clicked on the link you got a full list of the findings of the professional conduct committee. This was against the regulator's own rules because they could not legally give that information without having sought and obtained my consent. They had never asked for it, and I wouldn't have given it because I did not want any publicity. I complained and they claimed it had been a mistake, blaming the "error" on someone having pressed the wrong drop-down. I forced them to take it down and to publish a retraction and an apology on their site but couldn't sue them because of the expense and the uncertainty of suing for libel in English law. Neither did I want the publicity.
And there is this: I am gay and had at that time been with my partner for more than ten years. They knew this but carried on anyway.
Eight years have passed and my health has been affected by the stress of all this. I am angry…...