Authorities have confirmed the discovery of the body of the priest who set off attached to 1,000 helium-filled balloons from a Brazilian port city to raise money to build a worship center for truckers, the Associated Press reports.
The Rev. Adelir Antonio de Carli, 41, left Paranagua on April 20 in an unusual fundraiser for a rest stop and worship center for truckers. He lost contact with his ground crew and a cluster of yellow, orange, white and pink balloons were found in the water a day later.
Tugboat workers found the body off Rio de Janeiro in early July and a medical examiner said Tuesday that DNA tests confirmed the body was de Carli’s.