Biography
Bernie Ward was born in San Francisco, California, USA where he attended Holy Name Grammar School, St. Ignatius High School, and the University of San Francisco. He then studied for three years at the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley, obtaining a Theology degree in 1977. He was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood with the Society of the Precious Blood the same year, but left the priesthood after two years.
Ward later taught theology at Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa, California and its sister school, Ursuline High School. It was at Ursuline in 1978 that allegations of Ward's sexual misconduct first began to surface. Ward also taught at Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California. In 1981, he relocated to Washington, DC where he taught at the Georgetown Preparatory School, a private Jesuit Roman Catholic high school, while his wife attended medical school. Ward later worked for then-Representative Barbara Boxer from 1982 to 1985.
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