Giuseppe Carraro

Giuseppe Carraro was born in Mira on 26 June 1899 to Sebastiano Carraro (7 July 1854 – 9 January 1956) and Clotilde Pizzati (19 September 1866 – 4 November 1948) and was baptized with the name Giovanni Giuseppe Moisè. His parents often called him "Beppino". His siblings were: • Emilio (21 September 1898 – 5 January 1966) • Margherita (1901–???) • Attilio (1910–1974) • Sergio (???–1958) • Lisetta In 1910 Father Eugenio Dorigon suggested to his parents that he commence his studies for the priesthood since Carraro had just finished school at that time. Despite the economic difficulties to ensure this he commenced his studies in Treviso in October 1910. On 25 June 1978 he was present in the diocesan cathedral for the installation of his successor. Carraro died on 30 December 1980 and was buried in the diocesan cathedral. He had spent his retirement on the hill of San Fidenzio. Cardinal Marco Cé - the Patriarch of Venice - celebrated his funeral and said: "We have lost a brother; full of spiritual wisdom and pastoral experience but we have been given an intercessor in heaven". ==Beatification process==

The introduction of the cause for sainthood took place on a local level on 30 December 2005 even though the Congregation for the Causes of Saints didn't approve the cause to begin until 5 June 2006 (the C.C.S. granted the "nihil obstat" for the cause's formal introduction). The process closed on 18 October 2008 and the C.C.S. validated the process on 26 February 2010. The Positio - documentation on his life of heroic virtue - was submitted to Rome in 2012 for assessment. He was declared to be venerable on 16 July 2015 after Pope Francis had confirmed that he lived a life of heroic virtue. ==Sexual abuse allegations==

Carraro has been implicated in sexual abuse allegations made when it was revealed that there was widespread abuse of deaf-mute children from the Provolo Institute. Gianni Bisoli (b. 1949) accused Carraro of having molested him on five separate occasions while he was at the institute from ages nine to fifteen. Bisoli accused Carraro of having once attempted to sodomize him with a banana. But a diocesan probe cleared Carraro of all allegations despite never having interviewed alleged victims and limiting testimonies to a select few people. Bishop Giuseppe Zenti - the Bishop of Verona - accused those former students of fabricating their claims to a left-leaning paper while referring to the accusations as nothing more than "lies" and a cheap stunt. ==See also==