He was originally set to be sentenced on April 1, after accepting a plea deal in January which dropped a second count of the same charge and a charge of raping a child.
Nampa Police said the victim was not affiliated with the church or its school. Esquivel was arrested in August 2025 and has been held at the Canyon County Jail on a $300,000 bond.
Esquivel was a priest at Nampa's St. Paul's Catholic Church at the time of his arrest.
Soon after his arrest, a leader at the Diocese of Boise said they 'removed his priestly faculties, meaning he is prohibited from any priestly ministry.'