A Franklin-based Christian artist manager charged with a child-sex crime who worked for World Vision in Middle Tennessee has been extradited back to Texas to face a felony charge.

Jeffrey Charles Berry, 55, was booked into jail in Taylor County, Texas, Wednesday on a charge of a indecency with a child, jail records show.

The charge stems from an assault that took place at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church in Abilene, authorities said. Details of the exact allegation, including the date it occurred and the victim's age, remain sealed under a Texas judge's order, Taylor County court records showed.

An Abilene Police Department incident report classifies the case as a sexual assault connected to a Texas church, where Berry previously worked and led worship for various church camps.

Berry, who formerly was employed at World Vision where he worked in the evangelical Christian humanitarian aid and advocacy organization's Cool Springs office, was arrested last week in Williamson County.

Berry was arrested in Williamson County on Oct. 10 on a fugitive from justice charge after a warrant for his arrest was issued out of Taylor County.

He was booked into the Williamson County jail and transferred back to Texas this week.

As of Thursday he was being held at the Taylor County Jail on an $80,000 bond.

A World Vision spokeswoman said Berry resigned from the organization on Oct. 17.

Berry moved to Tennessee eight years ago and most recently was involved at Rolling Hills Community Church in Franklin.

Berry was a prior board member "and served alongside a team of adult chaperones at a 3-day camp that his children attended in 2014 and 2016. Apart from that, he has not served with minors in any capacity," said Steve Horton, the church's communications director.

"Our child protection policy has been in place since our inception in 2003. We screen all staff and volunteers who are in ministry with minors." Horton added. "There is no indication of any potential problems while he and his family attended Rolling Hills."

Tennessee ties

Berry worked for churches in Texas before moving to Middle Tennessee. Property records show he moved to Franklin in 2011 from Murphy, Texas.

He launched Courage Management, a Franklin-based artist management group, in 2017.

Before branching out on his own, Berry began an artist management division in partnership with the Nashville Christian label Centricity Music in 2007, according to an article by the Gospel Music Association.

There, he developed artists including Lauren Daigle and the group High Valley, the article states.

In Texas, Berry spent more than a decade directing Grace Bible Study, a Christian study group aimed at college students.

He was also the frontman of the Jeff Berry Band, a praise and worship group formed in the early 2000s.

Berry's online biography shows that he served as an adjunct professor at Dallas Baptist University and was involved with several Texas churches.

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