i'm a 17 year old male in the state of maryland (idk if i count as a minor)

last night, during a church retreat, a 36 year old male, twice my size came after me while I was in the basement with my two friends (similar age), and proceeded to curse at me under the belief I was insulting his family. My own family was hours away and the rest of the adults of the church were upstairs, blind to the situation. He hit me in the face and when I cursed back and tried to leave, he choked me and threatened to kill me/beat me up. As I ran away, he tried to throw a chair at me.

Due to cultural reasons, my family strongly does not want to press charges, but I feel its unjust. The man and his family apologized repeatdly, but I'm still unsure. My question is if I go through with this, what kind of penalties and punishments will result for the man? At the very least, I would like to make him falsely believe i'm pressing charges. Also, after I press charges, will my family go through an extensive procedure? We would like to avoid such things including showing up for the trial.

Thank you so much, please help.