Sr. Alice Bernadette Hearon
Sister of Charity of St. Elizabeth in Morris Township, NJ. Entered the convent in 1933. Taught at parochial schools in Jersey City, Morristown, Paterson, Elizabeth, Montclair, Hasbrouck Heights, and East Orange. Taught 1987-1988 at a school in Rockland MA. Staff member 1978-1993 at Mother Seton Residence in Montclair NJ. Retired in 2004 to Saint Anne Villa. Died 9/7/2011, age 97. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 2020, along with Sr. Maria Michael Garner, C.S., of restraining a 10-year-old girl in 1971 while Rev. William Dowd raped her. Dowd denied the allegations. (He has been the subject of multiple allegations of the sexual abuse of minors.)
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