Education
Hearn was educated at Northcote High School and ordained in 1964.
Hearn was educated at Northcote High School and ordained in 1964.
His first post was as a curate at Traralgon after which he was vicar of Omeo. He held further incumbencies at Wonthaggi and Kyabram before administrative posts within the Diocese of Melbourne. He has studied at Louisiana Trobe University.