Sean Hamill was a twelve-year-old student of St. Victor's Academy.
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Under his Catholic teachings, Sean believed that homosexuality was a sin and therefore felt entitled to constantly bully Emma Boyd for being the daughter of lesbians, despite Father Justin's pleas for him to leave her alone. Sean also made fun of Emma's older half-brother Charlie Monaghan, who subsequently beat him up. Sean didn't bother Emma since the beating until a week later, when he kept calling her a "dyke", tried to kiss her, and cut off her hair with a pair of scissors. An enraged Emma then grabbed the scissors from Sean and stabbed him in the back, severing his spinal cord.
Sean was driven to the hospital by Charlie in Father Justin's car and survived the stabbing, but was rendered permanently paralyzed. Although Emma was arrested for assaulting Sean, the case was later dropped when Detective Olivia Benson, with help from Father Justin, provided evidence to the court from the school's instant messenger log that corroborated Sean's relentless torment of Emma. As a result, his victim credibility was voided, and Emma was given only a month of counseling instead of treatment in a juvenile facility. (SVU: "Alien")