victor vieth

2025 Keynote: What a difference a life makes

Victor is the Chief Program Officer, Education and Research of the Zero Abuse Project based in St Paul, MN, committed to education, training, and survivor support in order to eradicate child sex abuse and remedy its resulting harms. Victor has trained thousands of child-protection professionals from 50 states, 2 U.S. Territories, & 17 countries on numerous child abuse investigations, prosecutions and prevention topics, has been instrumental in implementing 22 state and international forensic interview training programs, plus dozens of undergraduate and graduate programs on child maltreatment. Mr. Vieth earned his J. D. from Hamline University School of Law and an MA in theology from Wartburg Seminary. Mr. Vieth has published countless articles related to the investigation, prosecution and prevention of child abuse including Unto the Third Generation, a bold initiative outlining steps to eliminate child abuse in America in three generations, and On This Rock: A Call to Center the Christian Response to Child Abuse on the Life and Works of Jesus (2018).