Illustrator :: Cut Text From Clip Group?

I am using Illustrator CC.  I have created a compound shape and then used it as a mask to clip an image to the shape so that the vector image is the background to the shape I created.  Now, I have text over parts of the shape and I would like to cut the text out of the compound shape.  I.e. A hole through the object in the shape of the text.  Also, I should probably note that the object that I want to cut the text out of is considered a "Clip Group" in the Layers panel.
 
I have tried a number of different options that I have found on forums, etc but none seem to work.  So far I have tried:
 
1. Converting the type to an outline and then selecting the Clip Group and the type  and then making a compound path.  The result: An error starting "Can't make a compound path.  A compound path cannot combine a clipping mask with an ordinary path."
 
2. Selecting the type and the Clip Group and then using Minus Front in the Pathfinder panel.  Result: An error stating "The filter produced no results.  Please select two intersecting paths."
 
3. Selected the type and set the transparency to 0% in the Transparency panel then selected the type and the Clip Group and then tried Difference and also Exclusion.  Result: Nothing but transparent type.
 
I am attaching a picture of the object and the text I want to cut from it and also the Layers panel.