Body of ballooning priest found

DNA tests have confirmed that a body found off the coast of Brazil is that of a priest who disappeared while flying over the Atlantic buoyed by hundreds of brightly coloured party balloons, authorities said.

The Reverend Adelir Antonio de Carli set off from the Brazilian port city of Paranagua on April 20 strapped to 1,000 helium-filled balloons in an attempt to raise money to build a service station and worship centre for lorry drivers.