The romantics just love Christian Doumergue because while he debunks he also introduces new pseudo-myths of his own into the subject-matter of Rennes-le-Château and a lot of his material is embarrassing for this reason. Christian Doumergue's books can never be described as being totally level-headed and sober, so therefore his books cannot be trusted.

By the way, Christian Doumergue’s debunking of the Priory of Sion in L'Affaire de Rennes-le-Château (2006) was not original or the first of its kind. Without mentioning names, René Descadeillas dropped a strong hint that Pierre Plantard was “un paranoïaque” in his Mythologie du Trésor de Rennes (1974).

A recent attempt at mystifying Abbé Bérenger Saunière has been published posthumously. Alain Féral, Les Carnets Secrets de l’Abbé Saunière (Editions Pégase, 2022). Every single example the author introduces from the writings of Abbé Saunière to elevate the sense of mystery and wonder can equally be interpreted as code for the trafficking in masses (Alain Féral, 1942-2013) .

For a sober and reliable book on the Abbé Bérenger Saunière and Rennes-le-Château that has recently been published, bringing the subject matter up-to-date from a rational point of view, see David Rossoni, La Pseudo-Histoire Décodée: L'Exemple de Rennes-le-Château (Éditeur de la Zététique, Éditions book-e-book, 2022).