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Father Matthieu Jasseron is now focusing on avoiding ‘guru’ status.
Father Matthieu Jasseron, priest of Saint Jean-Baptiste de Joigny parish, poses at his home in Joigny, central France, on Feb. 24, 2023. (photo: ARNAUD FINISTRE / AFP via Getty Images)
He was France’s most popular priest on social networks, with no fewer than 1.2 million subscribers on his TikTok account. During his three years of activity, he had attracted international attention mostly for content that was considered provocative or in direct contradiction with Catholic Church doctrine.
On Dec. 13, however, Father Matthieu Jasseron announced his withdrawal from all internet platforms to devote himself fully to his mission as parish priest in Joigny, in the Diocese of Sens-Auxerre in Burgundy in east-central France.
But this communications expert, a bona fide internet star known online as “Père Matthieu,” wanted to ensure that his evangelizing work will survive him and continue to bear fruit in the long term.
This led him to sell his TikTok account, which had accumulated more than 30 million likes, to the association 1000 Raisons de Croire (“1000 Reasons to Believe”), which specializes in apologetics.
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He was France’s most popular priest on social networks, with no fewer than 1.2 million subscribers on his TikTok account. During his three years of activity, he had attracted international attention mostly for content that was considered provocative or in direct contradiction with Catholic Church doctrine.
On Dec. 13, however, Father Matthieu Jasseron announced his withdrawal from all internet platforms to devote himself fully to his mission as parish priest in Joigny, in the Diocese of Sens-Auxerre in Burgundy in east-central France.
But this communications expert, a bona fide internet star known online as “Père Matthieu,” wanted to ensure that his evangelizing work will survive him and continue to bear fruit in the long term.
This led him to sell his TikTok account, which had accumulated more than 30 million likes, to the association 1000 Raisons de Croire (“1000 Reasons to Believe”), which specializes in apologetics.
Continued below.
Controversial French Influencer Priest Leaves TikTok, Passing 1.2M Followers to Apologetics Association
Father Matthieu Jasseron is now focusing on avoiding ‘guru’ status.
